Sunday, April 26, 2009

Chestnut horses more crazy?

Just wondering if there is any truth to the old wives tale that Chestnut horses are the craziest!


This question is just a bit of fun, I'm not after any nasty answers, just curious if anyone has had experience with this!

Chestnut horses more crazy?
That's just a color. Basically for every rule or wives tale I've heard, I've had a horse that broke the rule. I always heard Apps were wild eyed and hard to train, but two of the best horses we ever had were Apps, and mares on top of that. (And we are qh people...but those still were great horses.)
Reply:Yeah, I've had alot of experience with Chestnut horses. i use to own one myself (Sans King Son). He was not crazy at all he was rather calm and relaxing when being handled or when ridden, when i first got him after he turned 18 yes he was a tad bit hyper but nothing that made him seem like a crazy horse, he was only hyper because it had been about 2-3 years since he was last ridden. I've known King pretty much all my life so I've been around him since he was also young. And yes when he was much, much younger he was a wild stud but all young horses are that way til they grow out of it after their training begins. The only horses that I'm for sure that can be hard to handle, or "crazy", are abused horses, Paso Fino's ( and any other fast gaited horse), and horses meant for speed.
Reply:From what I've heard this is completely untrue, there's no reason why a coat colour should determine a temperament of a horse. But to be honest, from all the ponies/horses that I've met/worked with they've all been different and had their own personalities. It's pretty much like the old saying that redheaded ladies have bad tempers, and I speak for myself here, 'cos I am a redhead! :P
Reply:Their's a saying no bad color for a good horse it's true I don't own a chestnut but I know people who do and ttheir fine. I also think that the main reason shetlands act up is because they're 2 small for a trainer to ride and train so they never get proper training.
Reply:definitely not! those old wives tales are ridiculous, chestnut is simply a colour and nothing else! i have known extremely lazy chestnut horses. that is bull **** !


and no i am not blaming you, i just hate those "tales" that arent true at all


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Reply:Chesnut is one of the most common if not the most common colors of horses...so, even though it might seem that there are a lot of crazy chesnuts, it probably is just because there are a lot of chesnuts in general! :D
Reply:I've known chestnuts that were a little loopy, but they were all OTT TBs so that probably had something to do with it. When you stop to think about it, I bet we can all think of some rather "off" horses of all colors! I know I can...
Reply:I go by the eye thing, whites around the eyes, they are more fruitier.





My sorrel mule of my son's is the most steadfast mule we have. Followed by my red dun trail mule, then by my black bay show mule then my white eyed tricolored donkey.
Reply:Lol. I only know that my horse, a chestnut Hannoverian/Anglo-Arab mare, was quite a handful. But of course, that could have been the TB/Arab side of her coming out.
Reply:I always heard it was chestnut mares....


My horse is chestnut and he's not what I'd call crazy.


I think the truth is simply that some horses are crazy, same as some people and that sometimes they meet their match !
Reply:My family has two, and there very calm and relaxed most of the time. It could be because we trained them well. If your talking about wild chestnut horses this may be true.
Reply:no color has nothing to do with it....different blood lines are known to be..high strung,difficult,hard headed,loco.....other blood lines just the opposite
Reply:i have a chestnut thoroughbred, he is and absolute saint. extremely calm and sweet. very forgiving. ilove him to death
Reply:yes my sister rides cometetivley, Eventing.. she rides a chestnut, and hes exactly the same as her black horse.
Reply:My 1st horse was a chestnut and he was terrific. Little ponies (shetlands) are the worst! Bad case of "short man symdrome".
Reply:Let me check with my gelding.......No, he says he is perfectly sane....it is the rest of the horse world that is crazy.....
Reply:definitely not. I always thought it was white horses that were supposed to be nuts???? (by the way, they aren't either)
Reply:chestnuts are not all crazy i have two hestnuts and there perfectlyfine.
Reply:im not sure, all the crazy horses i've dealt with were roans and grays! =)
Reply:i honestly dont know~!~ i just got a chestnut mare and shes WILD! but i love her to death lol


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