Vacuous and shallow question about prospective hunt horse...

[Beverley]

@Elegante E;3235069

OMG, you guys care about how clean your horses are before a hunt? Man, I’m never gonna get my colors. LOL. I ride grays and won’t bathe a horse when it’s under 50 degrees, so no bathing after the early fall. Heck, who am I kiddding, no bathing unless we get rained on before the hunt starts.

Well, yeah. Bathing is not necessary but a good solid grooming is. Come to think of it, I haven’t bathed mine for years!

For grays, and horses with white on legs, baby powder or cornstarch is your friend!

Seriously though- a neat and tidy appearance is important for both horse and rider- not to impress the other riders, but as a courtesy to the landowners whose land we are fortunate to cross.

[Fancy_That]

I love my MUD COLORED liver

[QUOTE=Equibrit;3232249]
The best colour around these parts is liver chestnut. Covers a multitude of ommissions![/QUOTE]

Amen to that! I don’t know how many times I’ve jokingly bragged about how easy it is to keep my liver/chocolate mare “clean looking” She has no white legs and is literally the color of brown dirt/mud! LOL

See? Nice camouflage!
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For the OPs question, I agree w/ many others here. It will be alot more work for you to keep the white horse spic and span…but a good horse is a good horse, no matter the color

[Ponyclubrocks]

If I were choosing between two equally nice talented horses I would take the Bay over the white…I currently hunt a Paint and I usually have to bath her the night before followed by a spot cleaning bath the morning of the hunt. It works OK while I am in a heated barn that has both a hot/cold wash rack plus a horse drying rack but I hate to think what t would be like to hunt her without those ammenities…

[Mudroom]

G. H. O. S.
Gray Horse Owner Syndrome

Symptoms:
Bags under the eyes from less sleep
Red, cracked hands from chemicals
Numerous spray bottles always within reach.

I know 'cause I’ve got one that is now almost white. At 17.2 that means a lot of acres of horse to get white. But I would order another one like him in a heartbeat. He is worth the effort.