Barbaro (the Champ)

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by Danzig2

sunday silence wasn't much of a looker either....good thing he never looked in the mirror, might have hurt his self esteem.

i havne't seen a conformation shot of bernardini. just know that he seems to move very well, which is more important anyway isn't it?

i'd rather have an ugly winner than a pretty loser!

Yes, Sunday Silence was very ugly, in fact pig-eyed, but I agree they look beautiful in the winners circle. I have a Tennessee Walker Stallion that I bought to breed to my Walking Horse mares, it took me a long time to find him because being also an Arabian breeder, I love a pretty horse. Walking horse people say you don't ride the head, but I wanted it all, my stallion is very nice looking for a Walker and he produces a small neat head instead of the old windshield type heads of the old time Walking Horses!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

Yes, Sunday Silence was very ugly, in fact pig-eyed, but I agree they look beautiful in the winners circle. I have a Tennessee Walker Stallion that I bought to breed to my Walking Horse mares, it took me a long time to find him because being also an Arabian breeder, I love a pretty horse. Walking horse people say you don't ride the head, but I wanted it all, my stallion is very nice looking for a Walker and he produces a small neat head instead of the old windshield type heads of the old time Walking Horses!

friend of ours has walkers, another lady we know breeds peruvian pasos....
lol @ not riding the head, true! i remember a horse a few years ago in grand prix. can't remember his name, or even who rode him, the horses nickname was jughead. it was like they took a warmblood and transplanted a draft horse head onto him. i tell ya, people were fitting that guy for a paper bag to wear!! but man oh man, that horse could jump.

the fact that palomino breeders sought color was almost their undoing, no one worried about the looks...yeah, shiny as a new coin, but ugly!! thankfully that's been turned around for the most part....

the most beautiful horse imo is the arabian. far and away!

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

friend of ours has walkers, another lady we know breeds peruvian pasos....
lol @ not riding the head, true! i remember a horse a few years ago in grand prix. can't remember his name, or even who rode him, the horses nickname was jughead. it was like they took a warmblood and transplanted a draft horse head onto him. i tell ya, people were fitting that guy for a paper bag to wear!! but man oh man, that horse could jump.

the fact that palomino breeders sought color was almost their undoing, no one worried about the looks...yeah, shiny as a new coin, but ugly!! thankfully that's been turned around for the most part....

the most beautiful horse imo is the arabian. far and away!

LOL! I'm with ya there, I have a rather ugly-headed Walking horse filly, but let me tell you the view from her back is pure heaven, as smooth as silk! Breeding for color has hurt a lot of breeds, a few years ago the black Arabians were all the rage, unfortunately the majority were just plain UGLY, it's a lot better now. I bred my black Saddle horse to a black Arabian that gave me goosebumps, he was THAT gorgeous, I knew if I died on the spot I would have died having seen the most beautiful horse in the world! The resultant foal is now a 5 year old mare and in 30 years of breeding is the most beautiful horse I have ever bred, she is currently leased to a Dressage trainer and competing in Sporthorse classes, no money could buy her from me, next spring she goes to a black Magnum Psyche son for an incredibly exciting foal!