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I am instinctively attracted to bays.  That said, one of my very best 
horses, for endurance, trail and working cattle, was grey.  Another special 
horse, who took me through Tevis twice and was a fine cow horse, was a 
golden dun with amber eyes and a dorsal stripe.  My husband's best horse was 
grey...an outstanding endurance, ride and tie, and cattle horse.  Another 
excellent endurance horse of his was bay.  I agree with several of the 
previous comments...grey horses usually are "pig-pens", but a good horse is 
a good horse, no matter what color.  I certainly wouldn't have chosen my 
husband of 58 years from the color of his hair and eyes.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Grey Horses


> "If it is a good horse, it is a good color."*
>
> The only thing that bothers me about the discussions of color and supposed 
> correlations with performance is that, as far as I can see, when one is 
> carefully listing the attributes of a horse that suit it for performance, 
> color should be dead last.  Yes, dead last.   Unfortunately, some folk 
> base whole breeding programs on producing just the right color and color 
> pattern. Inevitably, some important conformation and disposition 
> properties are ignored or at least compromised.
>
> While my personal preference is for solid bay horses, I have owned good 
> horses that were paint (registered, but actually sorrel), buckskin, grey, 
> chestnut, and grey along with bay.  They were  all good horses and did 
> their jobs.
>
> Ed
>
> * ca. 1970, an anonymous alcoholic old cowboy, when I was first learning 
> to ride.
>
> Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875
>
> (406) 381-5527
>
> ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us
>
>
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