What are your views on chestnut mares?



Some people think they’re horrible, others love them, and some just see them as another horse. Personally, I think they are very difficult, but I am looking at a chestnut mare to buy. She is beautiful, and just what I want. What do you think of these girlies?
Guys, I’m not worried about the horse I’m buying, I just want opinions. Ever heard of the chestnut mare thing? Some think they can be moody, stubborn, and like to buck, others think it’s a myth. Just asking your beliefs.


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26 comments a "What are your views on chestnut mares?"

Uh….. ever been to a cutting competition? Lots of red horses, lots of mares. Don’t think anyone complains much.

What exactly were you worried about?

What Charm said.
It’s a color.

My mare’s chestnut. Nothing wrong with her, except her occasional moody spell but that’s due to her uterus and not her coat color.

Superstitions are foolish. If you like the horse, buy it. Coat color is an after thought.

It’s a color, nothing more.

I don’t really understand. I definitely don’t think there is any personality difference in chestnut horses. Some people think mares are moody but that’s just an opinion. I just think they’re another horse…I’ve never heard someone say “oh no, I would never buy a chestnut mare.”

Nothing but a color

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I believe the saying that a good horse is never a bad colour. Much as I joke that my two chestnuts are typical redheads, I don’t believe their colour has anything to do with their temprament whatsoever.

Horses are one of God’s greatest creations =] Yes they do have their moods but doesnt every one? (due to uterus) Chestnut mares are beautiful and have an amazing colouring and are splendid to ride. Personally I love chestnut mares. Mares are soo easier to handle then stallions or geldings. At my college they have a chestnut mare with blond main and tail, Her name is coral but we all call her Barbie. I think you should get this mare if you can afford her, don’t waist an amazing opportunity you may never have again because some people cannot appreciate them. Go ahead and get the horse of you dreams.

They are aesthetically pleasing, but temperamentally they’re just the same as a bay, gray, or pink-with-purple-stripes mare.

Did you know that a gray mare who was born chestnut has the chestnut gene? There is no stereotype of “gray mares who were born chestnut”, leading me to believe that people are judging by what they see, not what they experience.

This is just as silly as the stereotype that red-headed humans tend to be hot-headed. No merit to it at all!

A chestnut mare is just another horse.

I’ve seen some amazing chestnut mares, and some horrible ones. I’ve seen some amazing black mares, and some horrible ones. If the horse is difficult it’s probably more to do with their training, history, health, etc. I don’t think that it’s safe to say that a horse is the way it is just because it’s a certain color.

Palominos are chestnut horses with a creme gene. Color has nothing to do with how I look at a horse. If you like her buy her if she does not work out breed her to a cremola and you are assured of getting a palomino or cremello foal

it is not true what so ever. you are right, they are just like any other horse. i have a chestnut anglo arab X welsh mare and she is lovely, so don’t believe any of that rubbish about them being temperamental or stroppy, of course there are chestnut mares like that, but no more than black, grey, bay, palomino e.t.c. they are just normal horses, and im sure she is very beautiful (i love chestnuts!!) =) xx

I have two chestnut mares and adore them, and they both have great personalities. Like everyone else said… its just a color.

What experience do you have to warrant chestnut mares being difficult? A couple of horses? Because colour doesn’t cause a genetic difference in temperament, how could it? Its silly. Like me saying that blue eyed people are smarter or black dogs are stupider. It makes no sense. If there is any temperament problem with chestnut mares as a whole its probably caused by foolish superstitions regarding their colour that cause people to treat them differently.

out2lunch4now2 who ever you are you are horrible!

its simply a color. on mares, they can be a little more ‘sensitive’ than a gelding, but not all mares, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. if you like that mare, than go for her!

I love em. Its just a myth about them being naggy.

I love chestnut mares, i love chestnut geldings too but mares more, the colour makes them unique,stand outish, and beautiful, they have more personality and charecter I LOVE ‘EM!!!! X

That’s definitely just a myth. I have a chestnut mare who is the calmest most laid back horse ever. I also have a bay mare that is a nut case! lol
It’s all in the breeding…not the coat color.
I’d say if that mare is exactly what your looking for than don’t let her color change your mind.

Hope this helps and good luck with all your future horsey adventures!

I have a chestnut mare and a chestnut gelding…(actually they are both more sorrel) They are very beautiful, and i actually find that even if they are dirty, their coats stay shiny. Even in the winter they have somewhat of a sheen.

like everyone else said… chestnut is just a color. people with blond hair aren’t really less intelligent than people with brown or red hair, its just something people say. i have a chestnut gelding and he isn’t moody or naggy at all… just a big sweet heart! i think as long as you and the horse are a good match… get her!

i hope this helps! :]

A chestnut mare’s the same as a black, grey, dun or bay mare.
It comes down to how they are as a MARE, not a colour.
If she’s exactly what you want, get her. Colour should be the last thing on your mind.
I wanted a chestnut when I was looking for a new horse but both the horses I looked at were grey. I ended up buying a grey arab gelding and he’s perfect. Chestnut would have been good, but I love him just the same and I would still love him even if he was orange.

I think the only reason CHESTNUT mares are considered moody/stubborn/etc is because chestnut/sorrel is probably the most common color of horse, and mares tend to have moody days.
Therefore; there are more moody chestnut mares, than buckskin mares. Simply because there are more chestnut mares out there in general.

Now, I have a chestnut mare. I think she’s an angel. She IS more like a lesson horse for just flat work, because of me being really young when I got her and letting her get away with everything. But for barrel racing she used to be one badass horse, that everyone envied. She’s 21 now, so not so much anymore, as she’s not perfectly sound due to navicular.

I got her when I was 9, and she took me everywhere. All over PA winning all kinds of rodeos against 10 year old $20,000 barrel horses and their very experienced adult riders.
She also took me to Mississippi 3 times for Youth Worlds and we made finals twice down there. We went to Georgia for NBHA Worlds, and to Quarter Horse Congress for poles and barrels.
I won over $8,000 dollars on her, 2 saddles, a circuit championship, and 8 buckles in the 5 years I competed on her.

I never complained….

I have had many many many chestnut mares going through yards where I have worked. Some were nice, some were not nice. I think the fact that chestnut mares are moody etc is a myth. To me they are just horses, regardless of their colour. The most important thing to think about when buying a horse is their ability or potential to do the job in hand.

I think a lot of a horse’s temperament is more to do with early and continued handling. Handle it well, firmly, fairly and give it time to learn, is going to make a better horse.

I have never heard of that they are moody…..I have a 7 year old chestnut mare and she is amazing! she is not moody at all, unless she is in heat lol. She is not stubborn, and she has never ever bucked :) i think chestnut mares are just like any other horse….i don’t think it matters what color horses are!

I know it’s just a color, and I feel that way. A horse is a horse. No good horse can be a bad color.

However, I’ve found the chestnut mares I’ve worked around and ridden to be either a) VERY dull or b) VERY aggressive. I have yet to find one that’s right in the middle.

The dull mares have been very quiet, willing partners, but don’t seem to have the curiosity or spunk I really like a horse to have. They don’t have to be hot, but I’d at least like them to perk up.

The chestnut mares that have been very aggressive were like that both in the herd and with people. In particular was a mare named Jasmine at the stables I used to work at. Her stall as the first in the row and when you lead other horses out for their turnout, you had to be between her and them, or close her sliding grate, otherwise she’d lunge against the halfdoor to get at them. She was very food aggressive and definitely a dominant personality. The other chestnut mare who was aggressive there was pretty much the same, but she was on constant turnout, so not much of a problem.
Jasmine was a WONDER to ride though. She was a BEAST in the dressage competitions and was the primary mount for the eventer in the stable.

The other mares, Cinnamon and Nutmeg, were what we called “packers”. For very novice riders, or therapeutic programs. Montana, my aunt’s mare, was very low key as well. All her other horses were very curious, quick to learn, and pretty lively, but Montana remained low key. She’s a novice barrel horse now and runs her patterns, but once she’s out of the arena, shes back to being very quiet and almost meek.

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