Just remember, a good pony is never a wrong color. 
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Just remember, a good pony is never a wrong color. :)[/QUOTE]
That is exactly right!!!
I have been looking for a backyard type pony for my son-- and I dont care if it is the ugliest thing ever and it can be purple, painted, or spotted… I just want it to be kind to my kid. Of course I realize show ponies need to be a bit prettier–but to many all of us-- pretty is and pretty does!
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Just remember, a good pony is never a wrong color. :)[/QUOTE]
AMEN! 
I noticed on Glenhaven Welsh’s website that they have quite a number of palomino and buckskin foals on the ground. Their stallion *Downland Condor is a dilute black, and has been producing mostly dilute foals.
Suzanne has a beautiful Palamino foal that won at Upperville last year.
I know of a trainer that bought several ponies down in Texas that were palomino and I think the farm is known for it. Rosemel’s or Rosmel’s, maybe? I think they are Welsh, or Welsh crosses. I can’t remember exactly. Gorgeous ponies and have been quite successful in the hunters and jumpers up North. I saw them in Thermal year before last and was quite impressed.
Rosmel is the prefix.
They have a large number of ponies there.
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Rosmel is the prefix.
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Yes. They do. I visited there a number of years ago. I don’t recall seeing more than a couple of palominos out of well over 100 ponies, however.
Bill, you have a PM.
I think Palominos are gaining tons of popularity! I am currently begging my husband to let me book for a mardi gras breeding this coming season!!! quality is quality
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I think Palominos are gaining tons of popularity! I am currently begging my husband to let me book for a mardi gras breeding this coming season!!! quality is quality[/QUOTE]
Fix him a nice dinner and a big glass of wine! LOL 
It might take a mild sedation but whatever gets the job done LOL!!! (joking of course)
He’ll give in eventually! He always does!
I think Pals in the pony world are very accepted. They just must be the right type. And I have to go on record that Mardi Gras is a lovely pony, no matter what color he is.
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And I have to go on record that Mardi Gras is a lovely pony, no matter what color he is.[/QUOTE]
Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words.
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I think Pals in the pony world are very accepted. They just must be the right type. And I have to go on record that Mardi Gras is a lovely pony, no matter what color he is.[/QUOTE]
Indeed he is. I sure would not kick him out of my barn!!! So if he ever needs a place to hang his halter, he has one waiting Gretchen!
poltroon,
Thanks for mentioning this Yes, Connemaras are pretty well known for producing many many fine dun colored ponies. Well, we call them “dun” though I think technically “buckskin” is the word. . okay, so humor us, lol!!:lol:
We had an absolutely gorgeous little filly Queen of Granada http://willowrunconnemaras.com/queen.html
born this year out of a dun mare and a non-dilute stallion. Funny thing, I’ve noticed that we’ve had quite a few born of dun mares and the foals being some sort of dun, either chocolate or otherwise. . wondering how much influence the dams have.
At any rate, would love for you to consider the Connemara as a possible hunter mount. I know of a farm down south, Dark Horse Connemaras that produce many palomino Connies as well.
Have fun!
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The buckskin/dun color, usually in a sooty dapple pattern, is common and popular in Connemaras. Here in California we have MGRM Brigadoon who did a lot of winning with child riders in the hunter, jumper and eventing divisions.
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There’s an incredibly moving palomino (small) that shows in my neck of the woods. Millbrook’s Country Club Dues, I think? Adorable and wins his share.
Colored Ponies
We just started breeding palomino and Buckskin Hunter ponies.
We have a Sect B Buckskin By GoldHills Most Wanted that will be standing to the public in 2010.
We also have 3 youngsters available and a Upcoming stallion prospect.
Dun GRP for 2011
I can think of a few sucessful Palomino pony hunters. In Zone 4, Up til Dawn (who Sandy has mentioned), Champlain Charade (medium) and a Small pony James Blonde. James Blonde was an imported stallion that was gelded at 8 years old and has qualified for Devon. Champlain Charade is currently 1st in the Zone and 3rd in the country. In Zone 3 there is another successful small pony, Millpond Country Club Dues.
So, there are obviously successful Palomino hunters in ponies. It seems to me, based on the rarity of the color, that they are equally successful as other colors.
Like others have said I personally like them, but I’m not a trainer or a judge.
Vintage Hill Farm will be using our chocolate dappled Palomno colt to a fee mares in. the spring. He’s a Welsh/tb cross. Great hunter movement. Four stockings, blaze, and belly splash.
The late Connemara stallion, *Grange Finn Sparrow, though grey at maturity, clearly carried both the dilute and chestnut genes, as he produced a number of palominos when bred to TB mares.
The chestnut gene is relatively uncommon in Connemaras, though the dilute gene is quite common. So you see a lot more that are dun/buckskin than you see palominos.
