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Michelle
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 09 Jun 2003 : 12:09:29 PM
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My favourite colour is a dark liver chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, although you don't get many of these in Arabs, Welsh C's and D's but not Arabs!
I have a liver chestnut 2 year old but she is now going grey 
I also have 3 other greys, all different shades and I am longing for a solid colour, any colour but not grey! Thats not because I don't like grey, I like all colours but I don't like anything wishy washy.
I do have a soft spot for falxen mane and tails and deep red/bronze chestnuts.
I like black arabs but for some reason a bad one looks worse in black than in chestnut and chestnut looks worse than grey.... if you get me?
Michelle
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Mike
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Eire
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Posted - 09 Jun 2003 : 12:25:07 PM
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I am partial to that flashy flaxen look myself, Michelle I know that you have seen this before  but here is a pic of Martha Murdoch's mare AK Malouma
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Lisa
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Jun 2003 : 2:08:37 PM
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As far as fashion goes I have noticed a deffinate change in colour trends at shows over the last few years.
For example at this years Devon County Show all the mares 4 years old and over were grey but there was a mix of colours in the youngstock classes and both the yearling classes were won by chestnuts.
I can understand how people favour certain colours and you can't say they just collect horses of one particular colour regardless of quality because I think everyones goal is to breed the perfect Arabian whatever the colour.
It does seem that up to 3 or 4 years ago grey was the ultimate colour to have and although grey is still popular, chestnut has started coming back into fashion with horses such as Kubinec and Padrons Psyche.
And now as has been said black is becoming more popular with horses such as R Magic(BNC) and AH Kuda the latter particularly impressed me at Malvern last year.
Fleabitten Grey is my favourite colour and I would love to own one but I would only have a horse of the type I liked not just because of its colour and I have seen some bad examples of the nicest colour. |
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jacki
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Jun 2003 : 3:27:35 PM
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michelle
the simeon stud have alot of dark chesnuts with flaxen main and tails! its deffinatly striking! i think i saw a feature on them in american arab news?
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mirage
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Jun 2003 : 3:57:00 PM
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My mare Esmerelda by Simeon Sadik is chestnut with a very long flaxen mane and tail and is BOOOOOTIFUL |
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t_linington
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 3:04:05 PM
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Hello.......I always liked greys, i went out to buy a grey mare to replace my beloved girl and came home with a chestnut gelding....complete with 4 big white socks and a huge white blaze....YUK!!!!!!!. But I wouldn't part with him for all the tea in china, Just goes to show as with all PERSON NOT COLOUR!!!
Talking of colour....Did anyone see the chestnut filly with flaxen mane etc who took the junior female title at wessex???? STUNNING..........Do you know who she is???
Tina.
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Lisa
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 10:31:11 PM
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| I can't find out any results for Wessex but there was a lovely chestnut yearling filly that took the female championship at Devon County this year called T S Halinaah by Psytadel out of Amoraya. Could it be the same filly????? |
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Louise Maryon
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Posted - 11 Jun 2003 : 10:47:26 AM
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well, we have almost one of every colour here!
we have Chestnut ( both ginger and liver with white) Grey, Bay and Black (not Arab but Orlov Trotter) and of course coloureds!.
Like they say
A good horse is never a bad colour.
And a bad horse is never a good colour!
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Amanda Teale
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
129 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jun 2003 : 10:15:35 PM
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Hello All
Ever since I can remember I dreamed of owning a horse, I not sure at what age I found out about Arabian horses but the dream became an Arabian Horse and it had to be black, the sort that would bring tears to your eyes, he was to be a Stallion. I believe the books by Walter Farley had a profound influence on me. He'd love me above all others and guard me with his life etc
The reality is that as I came from a non Horsey back ground and we weren't wealthy, I had to wait a long time to start fulfilling a dream.
 I finally acheived my dream, a dapple grey polish gelding, who fulfilled the love and protection dreams, sadly I lost hin due to OCD related problems.
Then along came Elle my beautiful Gucci Russian mare, chestnut in colour 
I love her to smithereens
However I still dream of that black boy, are they very expensive? I would prefer a gelding in reality. I would not be bothered to have a top winner, just a friend to love and endulge and pamper, so if there ever a spare anywhere please contact me  
Bye for now Amanda |
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