[QUOTE=Lord Helpus;7298951]
Colored horses are not bred for athleticism as THE primary trait. Color is the defining determination when breeding one horse to another. An incredible horse may result from such a mating, but the odds are against it.[/QUOTE]
Not entirely true. Please explain the Swedish buckskin stallion, Bernstein, whose BLUP scores are still high many years after his death? His buckskin color came through his mother and 6 grey generations prior to that, originating from a fully approved and performance tested TB stallion. Bernstein was the result of many generations of selective performance tested breeding and was of a lineage that produced champions and Olympians, and not anything to do with color breeding.
I have warmbloods of the usual colors - black, chestnut, bay, used to have a grey, and I also have a buckskin. An imported Swedish daughter of the aforementioned Bernstein. When I go hunting for stallions to breed to my special mares, I breed for conformation, SPT results, show results, temperament, conformation and movement. I could care less about what shade of purple comes out. Which is why I got a chestnut from my black mare, a buckskin (who later died) from my buckskin mare, and more redheads from my redheaded mares.
When I’m shopping for mares, I don’t care about the color or even the markings. I’m looking at the mare herself - her body, her mind, her movement, whatever she might have for stats and scores, and her pedigree.
Please do NOT lump everyone who owns a buckskin, palomino or whatever, into the same pile of Play-Doh, because people like me breed for more important things than the color of their skin.