Light colored horses

[polkadotedpony]

@NotoriousDesign

@beau159 I would love to show what ever mini I end up getting but main plan is to take the little one to the bike trail with a cart. That is even more “public” than a show so looking clean is definitely a priority. I am fully in the camp of clean where the saddle goes and call it good in high mud season with my big girl. Having a mini and cart will attract enough attention I want to be sure I am representing the horse world right.

This sounds beyond adorable! I will say that if you’re going to be very public facing gold colored horses are very attention catching. I had a very handsome black horse on trial for a month and people hardly knew he existed, then I bought my palamino and people were fawning over him non-stop and to be frank I’d say the black horse had slightly better conformation and movement. People just can’t resist the blond.

[NotoriousDesign]

@polkadotedpony My full size black mare already gets lots of attention when we go. My husband on his bike and me riding make for an interesting pair. Last year I shaved hearts on her rump when I did her spring body clip and one little girl was over the moon about her “cutie” marks. (My little pony apparently)

[beau159]

@NotoriousDesign

I would love to show what ever mini I end up getting but main plan is to take the little one to the bike trail with a cart. That is even more “public” than a show so looking clean is definitely a priority. I am fully in the camp of clean where the saddle goes and call it good in high mud season with my big girl. Having a mini and cart will attract enough attention I want to be sure I am representing the horse world right.

I ride along a bike trail all the time (and lots of traffic) and I could care less. I doubt the bikers / joggers care much either. In fact, I very frequently get the “Pretty horse!” comment and I have done nothing to make them look “pretty”, LOL.

But to each his own!!

[piccolopony]

My pony is primarily white but she’s a pretty princess and keeps herself really clean. I actually went to a show once without ever washing her because she just keeps herself that clean lol. I realize how lucky I am since most of my friends with light colored horses spend a ton of time trying to keep them from being green all over.

[heelsdownlibby]

My gray mare lives out 24/7 and had almost the entire 5 years I’ve owned her. Before leaving for a show she gets a bath, sleezy and sheet, legs wrapped, and stuck in a stall. This keeps her bright white. At home I just use green spot remover and wash her tail once a week. She’s not any messier than my black horse. [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“medium”,“data-attachmentid”:10314826}[/ATTACH]

[Dubarry]

I have a very large grey Appendix gelding. Just shy of 16.3H and the stout QH body. It’s a lot of real estate to cover when preparing for a show. I buy QuicSilver in the 1/2 gallon size and he wears clothes almost every day. Luckily he isn’t too much of a pig and he is nice to his clothes. I recently acquired a dark bay OTTB and thought to myself, “ahhh yes, a nice dirt colored horse…”. He might be more of a pig pen than the grey!