What is the worst case of mistaken breed identity you have encountered?

[snapper]

Is it just me or does anyone else have the problem of people being sure your horse is some breed far removed from actual breed? One of the barns neighbors was riding across the property one day and asked me if my horse was a percheron. When I told her no, she is a Connemara, she asked me if I was sure.

[snapper]

Is it just me or does anyone else have the problem of people being sure your horse is some breed far removed from actual breed? One of the barns neighbors was riding across the property one day and asked me if my horse was a percheron. When I told her no, she is a Connemara, she asked me if I was sure.

[snapper]

Here's another picture of Snapper. Beacause I think its cute. Still not looking like a percheron to me.

[JAGold]

Well, after a particularly horid dressage test, the judge inquired if I were perhaps riding a giraffe...

The TB gelding I had in high school did a mean impersonation of a welsh pony, and at one show, as I innocently walked past the steward on my way to the warmup ring (I was doing children's jumpers), the steward muttered inappropriate things about the sizes of ponies he was expected to approve these days. --Jess

[gwen]

NO she doesn't look like a percheron...She is a CUTIE!!!!! She's just adorable!!! Definatley not a big drafty percheron though!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Barb /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[buryinghill1]

A fellow horsewoman told all my friends my golden retriever (died 1988) was really 50% Saint Bernard. She told our mutual friends the big blocky head, all that hair and sturdy body were signs of "saint" breeding. Every time I see a well-built golden I think of that woman... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Jo]

I got mad when I got the receipt for my VERY EXPENSIVE horsey vet appointment and they had written that she was a QH/TB. I CLEARLY wrote THOROUGHBRED on the form when filling out her information but I guess they thought she was too stocky or something. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[snapper]

My vet had the opposite problem. They kept putting Thoroughbred as the breed on my coggins test. I told them noone was going to beleive the coggins test belonged to her. They finally got it right this year!

[Dementia 13]

Poor little Perturbed, noble descendent of Princequillo, has been mistaken for the following:

Quarter Horse (numerous times) She has a bulldog build except in her hindquarters

QH/TB - I can sort of see this because of her size

Arab! My vet asked if she was an Arab and if I did endurance riding with her. ummmm - no!

welsh/TB large pony. I wish.

She was a racehorse for cryin out loud. Granted, she raced at Charlestown, but still!

[PMJ]

Well, the best actually happened last week when I went to a lesson. A lady asked me if my horse was a Selle Francaise, and when I said no, she is a Trakehner, she told me I must be wrong because she knew what a SF looked like.

[Posse977]

I had someone argue with me at P&R stop on a Competitive Trail ride about the breed of my REGISTERED Thoroughbred. He said he HAD to be Percheron. I said, no, he is fullbred TB. He said, well, then he MUST have Draft in him back somewhere. I responded "no, the Jockey Club frowns on that..."

Worse- I was given said TB a bath at the Farmpark (a county Metropark that is a working farm with lots of different species and breeds). A visitor turned to his little son and said: "Look at the pretty cow, Timmy!" Had me on the floor rolling.

[artienallie]

A farrier once asked me if Artie (a Clydesdale/TB/QH mutt) was a Saddlebred. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Made me more sure I didn't want him to do my horses' feet.

[Royal Blue]

Kind of the same thing - people always tell me there is no way my horse is a paint, even trainers. Seems alot of people don't realize that paints are a breed & not just a color. Seeing as we have 3 full registered BS paints in the barn we freak out alot of people.

[Heidi]

We actually bought a ClydeX, under the mistaken belief that she was a Trak/TBX - which is, of course, what the dealer had claimed.

[Sandy M]

I was riding my 16.3 h.h., near leopard Appaloosa (now deceased) out on the trail, and some hikers, struck dumb, no doubt by his size and color, finally managed to gasp out: "Is that an ARABIAN?" ROFLOL!!!!!

I told them no, but (apologies to Arabian lovers) if they saw any horses with very pretty heads, big eyes, and high tail carriage, they should ask THOSE people if their horses were Appaloosas!!

On the other hand, I jokingly told several WB aficianados and owners that the above-mentioned Appy was an "Appavarian" (Hanoverian/Appy), and they believed me.

A friend with a dappled gray TB was asked several times if her horse was an Appaloosa.

[Lucassb]

I mean, I've had Chester since his days on the racetrack (he raced til he was coming 6)and I have his papers... still, I am often asked "What kind of warmblood is he?"

This does not surprise me as he is quite deep through the heartgirth and has a very solid look to him - not the dainty refined picture of a TB that some people have in their minds. However, I was a bit perplexed when one lady said "There's nothing to be ashamed of... warmbloods are nice, too."

I agreed that warmbloods are in fact very nice, but very few of them have those lip tattoos...

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[PaulaM]

I am continually asked in my TB mare is a warmblood. And when I tell them that no she is a TB they ask me if I am sure. Yup, got a win picture of her to prove it too.

[JB]

Here's my "QH", who's actually a registered TB.

[Hoofer]

Just because my 14.2 pony mare mutt is a bad mover some people assume she is some sort of gaited horse! Grrr! My vet had her listed as a Saddlebred on her coggins! And then there are those who see her head sticking out of her stall and say "Ooh, look at the pretty Arab!".

Oh and I once got asked at a show if she was out of Art Deco! Um yeah, I think he sires lots of ponies!

Does this look like a Saddlebred or Arab to you? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[PaulaM]

I wish I would learn to post properly. Here is the win picture.

[paxton]

Snapper! - Your mare looks almost exactly like my horse, who is a perchron/TB! Maybe that lady wasn't so crazy after all. Let me see if I can find a pic to scan so you can see him.

[Beezer]

It's those "feathers" your cute horsie has on the fetlocks, doncha know? Draft horses have them, so ... that must be what yours is. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Two recent cases: Merry's pinto warmblood. Very few people got that one right. That mare was always being called a Paint, a National Show Horse, a pinto Saddlebred, a pinto Arabian ... none of which made Merry very happy. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif So she took to using white markers to highlight the mare's breed brand ... people just thought she had bought somebody's ex-cowpony. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif We're talking about a very breedy warmblood mare, just gorgeous -- but no one (at least for the first several years out here) connected pinto coloring to warmbloods.

Not long ago, I got into a bit of an argument with someone who insisted that my Trak/Oldenburg baby is a QH ... and I happen to really, really like QHs, so it could have been worse ... but he didn't believe me even when I explained that since I own his mom and picked out his dad, I think I should know his breeding. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

****Bulletin Board Goddess****

[horsemad!]

I've got to agree with Paxton... Snapper, your horse doesn't not resemble a percheron cross - she looks quite like a percheron x tb I used to ride!

[Sinfulpony]

My pony is a welsh/TB who is a cute mover and good jumper and looks like a minnie TB. Well someone came up to my trainer and asked " Is that a morgan, because I am sure it is". My trainer had to tell the lady that no she wasnt, but not before the lady asked about 10 times if my trainer was sure she wasnt a Morgan. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[bayfilly]

Sort of on the same subject, I have a Dalmatian and people ask me what kind of dog he is. They act completely surprised when I tell them. Maybe its because he is liver and white instead of black and white. I guess that throws them off. Personally I don't think Dalmatians are hard to spot (pardon the pun) /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[JumpItHighPie]

My petite little tb was mistaken for a QH! Not that I have anything against qh's. But come on...he has the tb looks, he's just in the smaller more compact edition /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

*Jenno*
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[LaurieB]

JB, what a lovely horse!

Sandy M, my story is just like your friend's. When I bought my TB mare, she was three and kind of a strange color. (Born bay, taking her own sweet time to turn gray.) I had several people ask me if she was an Appaloosa. And one lady, who told me quite definitely, that she was.

When I begged to differ, the lady said, "Well I hope you didn't pay money for her, thinking she was a Thoroughbred."

What, like Appaloosas are free? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Paddys Mom]

Paddy often gets mistaken for a Morgan, thanks to his big neck. I try not to get too offended since you can kind of see where they get that from. I only get offended when they insist I don't know.

Funny - when I run into people from the past who know Paddy, I often say "I ride the QH who everyone thinks is a Morgan" and then they remember him! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Paddy - QH not Morgan! (http://www.pixhost.com/pixc/cook_chris/horse.gif)

[skysmom]

Most everyone is convinced my guy is a warm-blood of some type..even today my trainer forgot herself and said how she enjoys working with WB's like mine..I think she realized her faux-pas when my jaw dropped and eyes bugged out.. Granted my horse has an unusally large head for a TB..but he's all TB..he just has a lot of room for his brain to hide in!

[Pookah]

My fleabitten grey has been mistaken for an Appaloosa more times than I care to remember.

[Tin]

most people know that Tin is a QH but I've also gotten appendix, TB and warmblood. The ladies logic behind him being a warmblood was that he wasn't fine like a TB and QH's don't do hunter so he must be a warmblood /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

The horse that people confused the most was Brim, a foundation QH as old style as you can get (we're talking thick here) and many were convinced he was an arabian!!!

Does this look like an arabian? lol!

<It's all part of my ninja training /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif >

[JustJumpIt19]

An Arab I show for a friend is ALWAYS mistaken for a TB or WB. Then when people hear the reply "He's an Arab", their eyes get really big and they back away. I guess his head and big solid legs get him mistaken! Here's a photo of him, since then his bridlepath has grown out and is the same length as the rest of his mane.

~Courtney~

[jreventer]

Most people guess wrong on the foudation qh I own but I can see why...she's very refined, a pony, and has a refined head...they guess her as an arab cross(don't see that one at all), connemara(i agree), welsh cross, or tb cross...

"There are times when you can trust a horse, time when you can't, and times when you have to."

[ObiliviousJumper87]

Someone thought my 17 hand qh was a draft LOL
ill post a few pics of the cutie

Corie Corie

[ObiliviousJumper87]

Ramone is a registered Qh, 17 hands, 7 years old, very fat and on a big @$$ diet. hes my baby hughey lol once he gets fit hell go into jumpers

Corie Corie

[ObiliviousJumper87]

rachel and ramone

Corie Corie

[Fred]

I frequently get asked about my stallion, "what kind of warmblood is he?". When I respond that no, he is a Thoroughbred, the response is often a look of disbelief,suspicion,and/or, "are you sure?". Um, yep - owned his mom, held her head when she was being bred, and foaled the baby......
Why would I lie? I find it amusing.
Or how about this? they ask what kind of horse, you say, "Thoroughbred". They look frustrated with your stupidity, and say, "thoroughbred WHAT?" /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Court@HJ-OH]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LaurieB:
I had several people ask me if she was an Appaloosa. And one lady, who told me quite definitely, that she _was._

When I begged to differ, the lady said, "Well I hope you didn't pay money for her, thinking she was a Thoroughbred."

What, like Appaloosas are free? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


ROLFLMAO

Courtney!! and of course Momo feels the same way.

[Snidgie5]

I can't tell you how many people think my warmblood is a thoroughbred. Now, I know he's small, only about sixteen hands, but he has this HUGE square head, and big thick legs. I really don't think he looks at all thoroughbred.
When I was a junior I had an appendix horse. He was absolutely adorable. The funny thing was that quarter horse people always thought he was full QH, and thoroughbred people thought he was full TB. I wish I could post pics, but I don't have a scanner.

[Brookes]

We had buyers come into our barn, my hannovarian was in the crossties in the isle. The buyer says to her trainer "look a mustang!". He's 17.1, hello. I say "no, he's a hannovarian". Trainer then states, "oh really, well only mustangs have brands on their necks". I just smiled and said, "well you must be right then!".

Of course friends in tack room laughing their asses off didn't help!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!!

[OnceAThief]

Kately, of the rat tail and blue eye App-titude, was mistaken for a TB a few times. One woman (well known for being dumb..) asked if I had gotten her off the track (implying TB track - I know they race Appies but I doubt this woman did).. that still makes me crack up.

William was called, "That little Arab colt" for the first six months of his life. When I first got him, the barn had a sickly, skinny Arabian school horse with similar markings. I had to hide poor Willbur to keep lesson kids from trying to tack up a 9 month old colt think it was Sirroco.

Likewise, when I took Will to his "inspection" /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif , people kept asking what kind of draft cross he was. Argh! Dutch! No, NOT Dutch Draft! Dutch Warmblood! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ("Yep, that's a NICE draft cross.. whutzhe? Perch-a-ron?")

My trainer has a gorgeous heavy hunter mare - 100% TB (she bred the parents, etc.. she *knows* the mare is all TB). People always compliment her on having such a nice Saddlebred. She got asked so many times at one show that she started calling her, "My nice TB mare" whenever someone would walk up.

And, my mom thought Swift was a moose, but that's understandable /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Janet]

At one point we had 3 (compact build) registered TBs and one 3/4 TB x 1/4 QH (Music).

We would tell (knowledgeable) people: "there are 3 TBs and on TB QH cross. Can you tell which one?"

9 times out of 10 they would point to Music and say: "She is definitely straight TB. Now which of the others has some QH?"

And a couple of people have been SURE Music was a TBxWB.

Recently the horse dentist was SURE that Spy (a well-bred registered TB, but small and compact) was a QH.

[Evalee Hunter]

I was recently riding through Amish country with a friend who is a fairly knowledgeable horsewoman, especially about warmbloods. In the course of our conversation I realized she thought all those Belgian draft horses the Amish use were Haflingers! She thought all golden chestnuts with flaxen manes & tails were automatically Haflingers.

[Janet]

My sister and I definitely have a family resemblance, but we are quite different too. She is at least 50 lbs lighter for one thing. However, some people have great difficulty telling us apart in riding clothes.

At one competition, I was wearing my pinney. One of the organizers (whom I knew reasonably well) clearly looked at the program to match the number with the name, and STILL called my "Gillian".

More recently, another aquaintance (whom I hadn't seen in a couple of years) said: "Hi Gillian".
I replied: "No, I am Janet, Gillian is over there."
She said: "No you're not!"
I have not lost me mind. I DO know who I am.

Someone else came up to me at a competition and said: "Where is your gray mare?"
"I don't HAVE a gray mare."
"Yes you do."
"No, my SISTER has a gray mare."

Now I DO have a gray mare, and I tease her about it when I see her.

[sprite]

My very inbred to Northern Dancer TB mare has been mistaken for an Arab (when they see her head first) a QH (when they see the butt first), and a Welsh X.

My very long standardbred was mistaken for a QH!!!

And once, my mother mistook someone's very nice Newfoundland for a bear /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Royal Blue]

I posted earlier about no one believing my guy is a paint & I totally forgot what one of the women in the barn swears that he's an Andalusion (sp). She saw my trainer riding him in draw reins once & he was in the perfect head set & ever since then this woman tells everyone that my guy is one.

[daytimedrama]

well I don't really know what Wesley is, but he sure looks like a TB, people tell me ALL the time that he is a paint. Who knows?!?! /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

~Christina~
"I don't patronize bunny rabbits!" -Heathers
*Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.*

[daytimedrama]

here is another pic of Cute Wesley!

~Christina~
"I don't patronize bunny rabbits!" -Heathers
*Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.*

[Dunhorse]

Oh. I know ALL about the people that do not understand that Paint horses are a breed. When I had him at one of the boarding barns in my area, they would ask if he was a quarter horse. I would tell them, no, he is a paint horse, it IS a breed. The aqha does not register horses with the amount of body white that Cruz has. Their eyes would glaze over, and they would ask again if he was a qh. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

His Coggins certificate was very funny this year. I got the papers back and Cruz was listed as bay and white. Ummmmmmmmmmmmm. Bay horses DO have black hair in their manes and on the ear tips. Cruz does not. That would make him chestnut. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif LOL

God forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.
~R. Graham

[Peggy]

My mom had a Dutch WB. The kind that was so stout that you could serve dinner on his back. My horse was an OTTB that looked like the steeplechasers that you see in COTH. When she would ride my horse on the trail (the WB didn't do trails) she would get comments from people that clearly indicated that they thought he was her WB.

My current horse is a more muscular TB, built uphill with good movement for dressage. There are people who simply don't want to believe that he's not a warmblood

[His Greyness]

His Greyness has been accused of being an Arab. Although it has been suggested that some Arab blood did play a part in the formation of the Percheron breed, His Greyness was quite indifferent to this "compliment". /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[LMH]

Well I have been mistaken on my own farm...I KNOW my 3yo is a TB-he is a Viscount baby for goodness sake...BUT on a cool day with a breeze up his hiney I would lay money he is a saddlebred!!

To add to the fun I have a yearling that is QH/Paint/TB/Han (just to give him some credit he is by Warioto's stud Omega (Qh/Paint) and out of an All the Gold mare (Han/TB))-can you imagine the guesses I will get on him!!!

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

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[snapper]

Maybe Snapper could be mistaken for a Percheron who got shrunk in the wash. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I have also had several people think she is a Morgan, but that doesn't seem too far fetched to me.

[This message was edited by snapper on Nov. 06, 2001 at 10:21 PM.]

[appyhunter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LaurieB:


What, like Appaloosas are free? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It is amazing how many people out there think a nice black and white, 16+ hand, three to six year old well started appaloosa... you should be grateful if they offer $1500. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif For this they want.. a professional video and a show record showing this horse wins..

[appyhunter]

Take one 17 hand, 3/4 TB, black bay appaloosa gelding with a sprinkle of white over his hips.

Add one 15.3, dark red bay appaloosa stallion, also with a sprinkle of white over his hips, and with a linebred KING QH grandma...

See how many people can tell them apart..... It's really sad. One would think either a five inch difference or one being a stallion would be dead giveaways..

Nope. They won't even believe there ARE two different horses if they are not stood up next to each other.

[NancyL]

Brookes--
That must be the same trainer that told me my Irish TB couldn't be TB because his tattoo wasn't long enough /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

He must be a QH, she said. How many breeds tatoo the lip????

I guess the imports have different tattoos???

[akrogirl]

It always amuses me when other people at the barn confuse my two guys and think Fernando is the TB. Fernando is a typical solid, slightly old-fashioned Holsteiner with BIG head and mule ears, whereas Jimmy is a far slimmer built TB with a much smaller and more elegant head /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif To make it easier for them, Jimmy even has a star and snip /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Atypical]

I don't have anyone mistake my horse for anything but a TB. He's leggy, tall, and willowy thin, so thewre is no confusion with WB or QH. One woman at my barn did ask me however, how old he was when I bought him. She guessed he was about three. when I told her seven she flipped.

Then another time I was at a party, and it just happened to come up that I was a rider. One woman, who fancied herself knowledgable about horses, asked me what breed he is. I told her TB without a second thought. This woman proceeds to give me the strangest look and says, "No, what breed is he?" I repeat TB again, wondering if perhaps she didn't hear me, clarifying with, "you know, a racehorse?".

This woman then explained, as if talking toa very young, simple child, that my horse cannot possibly be a thoroughbred, because all a TB meant was that the horse was not a cross with any other breed. She confused thoroughbred with purebred! I tried explaining the difference again, but again with no luck. She kept giving me reproachful looks so finally I just ceased speaking with her altogether. Honestly, A TB not being an actual breed.

[appyhunter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by NancyL:
Brookes--

He must be a QH, she said. How many breeds tatoo the lip????

I guess the imports have different tattoos???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nancy, all horses, of whatever breed, that run on a parimutuel track are tattooed. TB, AQHA, Paint, Ap, Arabian and standardbred here, but there are other breeds that race regularly in other countries. Each breed has it's own number system, but no horse can race until it is identified and tattooed.

'foreign' horses also would have been tattoed if raced, and like the different breeds here, would have a separate number system. For TB's, if it is in any ofthe various TB studbooks... it is a TB.

In addition, I believe some of the warmbloods allow tattoing in lieu of branding.

[suniday]

We have a tri-colored English Setter (Field Trial) who has a lot of black on him. I was asked by someone if he was a cross between a dalmation and a black lab!!

[drifting cloud]

Where I used to board, some people trailered in to stay for a few days because of a local show.

When I was grooming my horse in the crossties, one woman walked by and said "What a pretty Arabian!" I said he's not an Arabian, he's a TB. She said that just couldn't be because he was SO small (he's 16 hands!). I flipped his lip up and showed her his tattoo. I said I had papers & a race record at home. She sniffed and said "Well, I've never seen any thoroughbreds that look like THAT!"

Here is a picture of him with his donkey buddy. I don't think he looks like anything except a TB!

[sjh]

My very classic looking roman-nosed Kentucky bred thoroughbred mare was mistaken for a standardbred by a farrier not too long ago. That is actually the only time anyone has ever guessed wrong for her.

My other thoroughbred mare, bred in Michigan (which explains a lot) could pass for an Arabian, a Quarter horse, or even a welsh cross. I know her breeder, I got her right from the track but some days I wonder....
She is only 15.1 hands, has super refined head that is just gorgeous and kinda dished, a shortish neck, and a monster of a butt. She also has some white hairs (ticking) on her butt so a friend of mine and I have a running joke that she could pass for a roan arab-quarter horse cross. Oh and did I mention that even though she is a fabulous mover, she has her arab moments? Like tail in the air moving like an arab?

[TrakHack]

Haha, I'm guilty here. I *thought* the horse I bought was QH (didn't care about papers or breeding, so I didn't check), and it turns out she's Paint Horse Breeding Stock, which I've found is very difficult to explain to people who haven't a clue. They get even more confused when I explain that because of genetics and recessive and dominant genes, if I ever breed her to a tobiano she will likely throw color.

I also have a cat that people insist is a purebred Persian. We got her for free outside of a K-Mart...

[Sandy M]

Excuse me. Was that a "breedist" remark? My last three horses have been Appies (24 years worth) and I bought them because I like the qualities of the breed (Not the "Quarterloosa" ones, though). My Appies have been very successful hunter, jumpers, eventers and dressage horses, nationally ranked in open competition,and always good trail horses. It is NOT an insult to be mistaken for an Appy, however amusing it may be if your horse is "merely" (sneer *G*) a fleabitten or dappled grey TB, for instance.

Appy Lovers Unite!!

Whoops! Sorry Ryan. Just noticed the J/K. You are forgiven. *G*

[This message was edited by Sandy M on Nov. 07, 2001 at 12:05 PM.]

[beameup]

he was an equine ophthalmologist, who came to the barn for one of my hannoverian's many eye dings. he took one look at Mercedes and asked his breed. i said hannoverian and he said, oh no, he can't be. hannoverians are bigger. I pointed out the brand on mercedes' butt and mentioned that i had imported him, had his papers and that he was 17.1, how much bigger can they be? and the vet said, much bigger, you must be mistaken!!!! (and mercedes is the old type hanno, very broad with a lot of bone), i said, oh well......guess he's something else then.

[Chef Jade]

My old Hanoverian Arab cross was mistaken for an Appy, and Andalusion, and most often for a TB.

[JFJ]

When I looked after Artos (a LARGE BONED warmblood, branded Hanovarian) people always asked if he was an Arabian!

[Sandy M]

I boarded at a barn which had an Arab show each year. One day, while the Arab show was going on, I was grooming/saddling in the barn aisle, and one of the Arab exhibitors came up to me, leading her dainty A-rab, and looked old 'Blazey up and down, and asked, "Is he part Clydesdale." (Maybe it was the roaning and the blaze?). I smiled sweetly and said, "No, but he IS part Arabian."
(True - his great-great-great-grandfather was a purebred Arabian - Ferras - not much of that blood left by the time it got to old Blazey, though.)

[HelloAgain]

This is probably spread by the book The Black Stallion -- remember The Black was an Arabian who supposedly stood 17 hands and could beat 2 race-bred thoroughbreds (which I believe were fictionalized editions of War Admiral & Seabiscuit) in a match race?

When when people see a big tall dark-colored horse... "oh, is he arabian?"

[Dunhorse]

LOL! SJH, you KNOW that Sunset is a standardbred! She just looks lots like one! (I love standardbreds, very cool, but this mare is not a standardbred. Picture a chestnut female Damascus.)

Also, isn't Tale (the 15.1 hh arab/quarterhorse/roan) a gelding? Muuuaa ha ha ha ha.

God forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.
~R. Graham

[PaigeHortman]

i am often asked if my 17 hand dutch warm blood is an ap or a tb? i am like WHAT?!?!?!!?!

[E]

I have the opposite problem my Belgium WB who is not branded is mistaken for a TB all the time, UGH you want to talk about annoying I calmy turn and respond "Oh no he's a Belgium WB he was imported a year ago" I get funny looks and the person walks away sullenly...

R&R
"Dmklinger: LOL - sorry - wouldn't know a backstreet boy if one came up and bit me!!"
Now if that isn't a classic!

[Animal-luvr]

As far as I can tell my horse is an appy cross (his background is not known)

He has the white sclera, thin mane and tail, stiped hooves, and mottled skin. He is 15hh and has a completely pink muzzle. He has a fairly big build, and big chest. When younger he was dappled gray and is now white. I wish I could post a picture to get your opinions on his breeding.

But, as with everyone elses mistaken identities I have had people tell me he was anything from a lippizan to a welsh pony. He is a flashy mover and holds his tail out straight when ridden.

Are there may breeds that have a completely pink muzzle? Do some paints have pink muzzles?

[Whip 'N Spurs]

Everyone thinks Casey is a TB...

Laura & Casey
Photo Album:
http://community.webshots.com/user/unothehorse

[JB]

LaurieB - thanks! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Your mare was stunning when she was turning gray!

daytimedrama - I LOVE Wesley's face markings! He's obviously got the sabino coloring - what color were his parents, do you know?

[sprite]

So this woman, who was supposed to be knowledgeable, went to turn her horse out. Her horse had been going out with a black grade gelding who was, well...pretty durn ugly! big old common head, lumpy legs, big ears, little pig eyes, the works.

Mistakenly, she turned her horse out with the only other black horse in the barn, who happened to be a very nice Dutch STALLION who looked NOTHING like the other horse except for the color.

Holy cow, WIllie Nelson has longer hair than SHeryl Crow. wow. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[Zaboobafoo]

My little TB jumper not only closely resembles a QH, he thinks he is one as well. But he has a tatoo and a racing record and everything, all with the jockey club!

When I went back home to the sale barn he was at, I was talking to some of the ladies about him. I happened to mention he was a TB and one of them was like REALLY? Jane's(trainer and agent) been telling everyone he's a QH!

GLad he was getting properly advertised!

[daytimedrama]

JB- Thanks! Wesley is quite unique, people would always come up to me at shows asking "is that Wesley? I knew him from, such and such." Unfortunatly I have no clue about his breeding or parents. When people used to ask, I'd say he is by Secretariat out of Rox Dene. Well I didn't know that he was and I didn't know that he wasn't! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

~Christina~
"I don't patronize bunny rabbits!" -Heathers
*Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.*

[Megan & Tequilla]

At the first jumping show I took my off-track Thoroughbred gelding to, we got some interesting guesses as to what breed he is: most notably, a woman complimented me on how well my 'Racking Horse' jumped.

Granted, his action increases when he gets excited, but Racking Horse? Maybe I'm in the wrong discipline...Tequila's not meant to be a jumper, he's actually a park horse! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Lammie]

I was wondering when you would reply to this! haha I do remember the Sirroco thing and the dumb blonde comment (wow, I forced myself to make that singular /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) anyway, whatchu talkin bout? Kate looks like a fiiiiine racin horse to me (please know thats a hick voice! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif ) Anyway, I didnt know Big Mare was confused with a saddlebred that often - Ive been with her when people asked if she was lots of sorts of warmbloods, I cant remember right now - and isnt she registered to be an Oldenburg?? I know shes a TB but Spiffy told me she was also a registered Oldenburg, hrmm, oh well.. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost"

[Bumpkin]

I had someone who prides themselves on being in the know, ask if Elliot was Arab/Quarterhorse http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[Flatbroke Farms]

A relatively 'BN' once told me that I had a lovely Arabian. I said, 'thank you Ma'am, but there is not one ounce of Arabian in this horse.'

Her reply was, 'I'll be a monkey's uncle if that horse doesn't have Arabian in her!' My friends still tease about sending her a card with a monkey in it as a reminder of her faux pas.

I wasn't offended, mind you. I was just happy that my invisible self got noticed for a change! Hehe!

[Weebonilass]

My Arab is often mistaken for a TB. He's half Polish, so doesn't have the exotic head that folks tend to breed for now and he's taller for an Arabian (almost 15.2).

A fellow boarder who owned a NSH, asked me if he was an Anglo-Arab and I said no, he's a purebred. She cocked her eyebrow at me and said, isn't he awfully tall for a purebred? I told her that his daddy was even taller.

Then we had a family walk through the barn and the mother told her daughter that our resident Belgian was a Clydesdale... and we being from Anheiser Busch country.... for shame...

[trailblazer]

Someone once asked me if my 16 year old Morgan was a "young WB". I just about puked! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[munchkin]

I was at a show a few years back and I took my full QH gelding who stands 16.2 and is an excellent hunter. The judge placed us first and in passing made a comment about my warmblood. I politely stated that he is a full QH with AQHA points at which she sniffed and stated that he couldnt be because she wouldnt place a QH at a hunter show http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Sandy M]

I almost fell off my very big horse with this one: I was trail riding on my 16.3 hand, 1,500 lb., big eared, near leopard bay roan Appaloosa with HUGE peacock spots.... and had a hiker ask me if he was an Arabian. (Now he did have an Arab in his pedigree somewhere in about the 4th of 5th generation... but believe me, it didn't show. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif). I told them no, he wasn't an Arabian, but if they saw a smallish horse, with a big eye, very pretty dished face and high tail carriage, they should ask that person if their horse was an Appaloosa. ROFLOL

[Montanas_Girl]

One of the girls at my barn keeps insisting that Montana (who is 3/4 Arab and looks like a purebred) looks like a Tennessee Walking Horse! Ugh! There is NO resemblance whatsoever between the two breeds!!

I brought an Arabian magazine to the barn once to show my coach the dressage and working western horses, and one of the guys there kept insisting that all the western horses just HAD to have some QH in them. I kept explaining that Arabs weren't allowed to have other blood in their pedigree, but he absolutely *refused* to believe that any horse other than a QH could do a sliding stop or cut a cow. Sigh. I hate ignorant people who refuse to be educated.

[ThirdCharm]

A dressage judge asked me if my TB stallion was a "purebred Arab" b/c his mane was quite long at the time (it was a schooling show! sheesh!). Generally he gets mistaken for an Appendix QH, once he was taken for a Holsteiner.

JenniferS

[caffeinated]

I got asked if my TB/Percheron cross was an Arab.

I guess he sort of has a dainty-ish head, but really... LOL

[OnyxThePony]

I had a TB whom even I could mistake for a KWPN (gorgeous, gorgeous TB and good TB conformation, but a Secretariat, and bigger).

Untill a few weeks ago Onyx the black paint pony looked in some part Fresian!! Incredibly, she lost that look all in one day (?!?!). Wierd one on me!

[CanadianGolden]

Lots of people forget that old-style Warmbloods are much less refined and TB-y, so our older WBs (Hanoverians and Oldenburg) get mistaken for Draft crosses.

I have had someone tell me that my Golden Retriever (who is very lean and lanky, and medium gold colored), looks SO MUCH like an Irish Setter. She's not that tall and red!

[Kandace]

One person insisted that my dappled grey Arabian-Percheron cross MUST be an Appaloosa Morgan. Not a cross, mind you. A pure Morgan with "them Appaloosa spots."

That's about the worst breed identity mistake of one of my horses (they're all Arabians or crosses so it's hard to confuse them with much else). There, is, however, a coworker who looked at an ad I had on dreamhorse -- of a lovely Arabian, tail flagged, airy trot -- and said it HAD to be either a Quarter Horse or a "Welch." Uh no, I said, it's a pure Arabian. Well, she said, it's gott have some Quarter Horse or "Welch" blood somewhere!

(Sidebar: I haaaate it when people refer to horse breeds as "Welch" or especially "Belgium." It sounds so ... so ... dumb)

Kandace

[hasahorse]

My brother had a flea-bitten gray QH. He was asked one time if the horse was an Appaloosa. Ok, if you didn't know any better, maybe not such a dumb question. Here is the kicker. He was at a QH show, in the ring in the lineup at the end of the class, and was asked by a fellow competitor. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[runspotrun]

I have a big-girl (17.1hh) OTTB. I don't know how many times I've been asked if she's a warmblood. Sometime I wonder, because she does seem to have the very typical "dumbblood" mentality. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Georgette_Morris]

Once at work, I asked a fellow horsewoman what breed of horse she had, and she said, "a dalmation horse." I'm like, excuse me, a what? You mean an App? And she was like, no, a dalmation, it has spots.

[Jessi P]

WAH... why can I not see the pics??? Help!!

[Just My Style]

When my horse was in Jumping Clinic in Practical Horseman, George Morris said he was a "nice thoroughbred type that might be a touch warm."... or he could be 100% QH. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Close enough!

[Emryss]

People constantly asked whether my well-bred, solid black Percheron gelding was a "Budweiser horse". Umm...no. The QH colt has been mistaken for a warmblood more than once. I don't see it.

[doccer]

Well, this wasn't a BAD mistaken breed identity http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif But, at our last show people kept inquiring to doccer's breed and every geuss was 'warmblood??' http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

apparently all of that dressage is paying off http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

He's a standardbred/belgium from what we know. OR he's just a big 'ole mixed up grade that likes to pace every once in awhile.

My Very own 'Country Club Warmblood' http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Carol and Doccer

[Erin Pittman]

My vet thought my Trak/Morgan mare was an Arab (pretty refined head).

Though it's not a case of mistaken breed, I have a story of mistaken identity. I used to ride a dappled gray TB gelding named Jackson (owner would come to the barn to drop off a check for board and not even go say hi to him - weird). He looked like a TB, as he should. One day while out riding him, the barn manager ran into a Hanoverian breeder from nearby. She took one look at Jackson and started fuming that it was "Mr Greenjeans" and that he had been so lame that she "loaded him on the meat truck herself." She wouldn't believe my friend when she said that it was NOT Mr. Greenjeans, but Jackson and that he definitely wasn't lame and certainly not meat. Breeder kept muttering "poor bastard" while my friend tried to explain. Some people... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Erin

Here's a pic of my Trak/Morgan mare, mistaken as an arab - I don't think she looks anything like an Arab, but then again, I know what she is...

[mnelson]

I have a large boned 17 hd TB that is mistaken for a WB all the time and once as the biggest QH he had ever seen. And I have an Arab/Andulusian cross that makes people scratch their heads. He has the Arab head and is small. But he has a thick neck,thick legs,huge feet and enough mane for five horses. It takes me 20 min to comb it out.

[imapepper]

My Anglo-Trak was mistaken many times for a QH. One nice gentleman from Poland made a comment about my "cute little cowpony" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif My vet not only made him a QH on his coggins but took 5 years off his age. And he also took 2 years of my QH and put him as a TB on his coggins. My QH is often mistake for a TB.

[IrishFilly]

I hate it when people think my TB is a quarterhorse! Drives me crazy!

then when I tell them he is TB they say "are you sure he isnt half quarterhorse? he cant be pure TB" YES I am sure! he is my horse! GRRRR

I will post a picture of him for you all to see as soon as I figure out how http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Royal Blue]

Some lady told me that my Morgan is beautiful - gee thanks except he's a Hanoverian http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[ladybug01]

My horse has been mistaken for a quarter horse, a warmblood, a TB, and one time an Arab http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif
No he is a standardbred. Then its usually, no he can't be. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif well he does like to pace sometimes, http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif but he does have a pretty head.

[5]

Am I the only one who can't find the photos? They used to be attached & highlighted at the bottom of the post.

[IrishFilly]

well I posted a photo....somehow while making my album I posted my album as a topic in this forum... sorry! I am still trying to get the hang of this website.

so if anyone wants to see what he looks like, just go to the irishfilly topic.

I tried to delete the topic but could not get it to delete.

[MCJumper]

I have had many people ask me if Nevy is some kind of warmblood. I can kind of see where they are coming from considering how she is a bit stocky and warmblood-ish. But she DOES have a tattoo lol. My new thoroughbred gelding looks like a warmblood-actually kind of looks like an andalusian-probably because of his long mane http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

[MistyBlue]

I get "Shire or Clyde?" often from people about my Dutch mare. She's a big boned 17h girl...but big bones and not chunky...old style. Maybe it's the size 4 shoe? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
One of the funniest breed mistaken id' I know of happened to be from me. A couple years ago I moved my mare to a local boarding barn and when I fist walked into the barn there was a head barely visible over the stall door. So I walked closer for a peak in at whatever was in there...and saw the cutest big ol' draft laying down. I asked the BO (his horse) what his draft's name was and which draft breed it was. He replied with the name and said it's a draft pony. I laughed thinking he was joking with me until I got a better look...D*mn thing wasn't lying down...it was standing up! I was looking down at it from the top and couldn't see it's stubby little legs standing under it, and except for the legs the rest is regular draft size. It's kind of like the equine world's Corgi...normal sized body and stubby legs. I'll see if I can find a photo of this mare and post it...you gotta see her to believe her, LOL!

Okay, found the pics. Here's Kitt, the world's biggest 13h pony mare!

Standing in all her winter coated glory:
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Aug/2004847866256219856468.jpg

Get a load of this head and neck! (and windpuffs)
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Aug/2004844431880879819660.jpg

And Kitt in her summer coat posing with my daughter:
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Aug/2004848102513126303934.jpg

She's a retired pulling draft pony...never would've guessed she was 13h until I stood next to her... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[Release First]

One of my clients has a gorgeous 16.2 hand TB X Warmblood (leaning toward the TB side). She was asked at the last show where she got her Mustang!

[Ata]

My ten year old mare is a darkish grey morgan/QH and when I showed her a few years back, a lady at the show asked me if she was an andalusian. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif I was definitely shocked, but it was a good shocked.

[RacetrackReject]

My friend's TB is often mistaken for a Morgan, and by people who should know better. One oddball even made a comment that "he sure can jump high for a Morgan". Apparently Morgan's can't jump???? Whatever.

Freakishly high jumping Morgan (http://community.webshots.com/photo/56080880/56081672TxaJSQ)
Full body shot (http://community.webshots.com/photo/43607694/43608454yvHdPe)

[Kestrel]

A guy recently came to the barn to do myofacial release work on some of the horses. He told me that my daughter's 17.1, 1500+lb., 60" girth wearing, branded Selle Francaise was mostly Arabian - he could tell from the high set tail. Ummm, yeh.

[Moxie]

Oh yeah, Kestrel, I definately mistake Scooby for an arab all the time... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

The old assistant trainer at my barn once asked me what breed my mare was. When I responded 'TB', she said that she couldn't be a TB because she was too fat! She is big boned for a thoroughbred, but not exceptionally so.

[Bentley]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 5:
Am I the only one who can't find the photos? They used to be attached & highlighted at the bottom of the post. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's because Bumpkin "bumkinned" this one up from a long time ago (first post date was Nov 2001 I think) and the old pictures didn't survive one of the upgrades COTH made.... But new posts can have new pictures attached http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Cool topic - thanks for bringing it back Bumpkin http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[shiloh]

Not the worst but pretty bad - hand-walking my boy down the street when this woman pulls alongside and proceeeds to gush about how gorgeous he is. Then she asks me if he's an Arab. Um, no. Then she gets snotty with me and asks "Are you sure?" Uh....16.3 and with a head that big and straight - yeah, lady I'm sure.

The one that made me giggle - my little 15hh mustang mare looked like a mini-wb when she she was all cleaned up with her mane pulled and tail banged. She had a huge overtrack at the walk and schwung the Germans would have died for. I once had a woman chase me around my boarding stable insisting that my mare was actually a small Hanoverian that I had gotten from a WB breeder and that "it was okay, I could tell her who it was." Lord, was she pissed when I kept insisting she was a mustang and even when I showed her the freeze brand she would not believe me.

[TouchstoneAcres]

A handler was showing my 2 year old filly in the Lipizzan class. I was in the bleachers and the woman behind me said "that can't be a Lipizzan. She's too dark." Not only did she know nothing about Lips but apparently had never observed the graying process on any horse before! How did she think I entered that class w/o papers I wonder?

[MEH180]

At my barn we have a very strange cross lol, tb/saddlebred horse but man can he jump (4'3") he could almost pass for a hano. until you see him move , lol he tends to break from a canter to a pace in the middle of jumper courses. At one jumper show he broke to a pace in front of a triple combination and still cleared it. Lol heart of gold but damn is he uncomfortable to ride.

[eclipse]

When I vet checked Ellie the vet (who by the way, had known her all her life) asked what kind of horse she is. When we said Hannoverian, he replied "really, she's got an awefully pretty head for a hannoverian. And, with her size I figured she was a quarter horse!" It wasn't until we showed him her brand that he was totally convinced!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[beameup]

wwwaahh! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif why aren't any of the photos showing up for me? there is just a blank space where the photos are supposed to be....

[beameup]

just read bentley's post up there - oh, now i understand the lack of pics......

[Black Market Radio]

My friend had a 17hh Hanoverian with a dishy face, she was asked constantly if he was an Arab! (Coreene knows this guy, her friend bought him!)

My old Hano was mistaken for a draft horse all the time, but he was an 18 hander, so I could kinda see how they thought that! Another TB/App mare (solid dark bay) I used to ride had people asking me what kind of WB I was riding. "TB App" I would say, they would reply; "No, what kind of WARMBLOOD are you riding?" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[eclipse]

Not breed mix up but age!! Passport shows 8, breed papers (in German) show 9!

[xeroxchick]

About ten years ago I had a Selle Francais TB cross who was a gangly three year old, mousy brown with big ears. More than once people wsked me if she was a mule! I said yes! hahahaha. She turned into a beautiful dappled gunmetal grey. Never grew into the ears. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Jasmine]

Here's a pic of the Westfalen gelding I am constantly telling people is NOT a TWH.

Granted, we're usually on a well-traveled public trail, and most of the people asking are Western riders. None of them know what a warmblood is when I tell them his breed.

[karassa]

Wow, Jasmine, he's just gorgeous!

[Amwrider]

My first horse was a TB/Percheron mix, 17 hand, black and gorgeous. I had someone come up to me at a show once and tell me that Caesar was the biggest Morgan they had ever seen.

[arabhorse2]

Well, it's never been my horses since both my guys are obviously Arabians. As another Arab owner once told me, "You sure don't need to stamp an A on their butts for people to know those two are Arabians!"

It's my Great Dane puppy. Lexi's a brindle Dane, and a lot of people think that Danes are all "that tan color" (fawn). I've had people ask if she was Pit Bull, Mastiff, Boxer, Doberman, and the weirdest one, an Akita. Now Akitas look a lot like Malamutes and Huskies, so how or why this person thought a brindle Dane was an Akita, I have no idea.

When I tell them Great Dane, they always reply with, "Well she's kinda small, isn't she?" To which I reply, "Yes, PUPPIES usually are." What, do they think that Danes are born weighing 120 lbs., and 33 in. at the shoulder? LOL

[Jasmine]

Thanks, Karassa!

He's a sweetheart. He's a major wuss about jumping, but he's getting braver. Hopefully he'll start to trust me soon. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[AMH]

I once jokingly entered my appaloosa as a NPW (Nez Perce Warmblood) and the show secretary thought I had gotten it wrong so she helpfully changed it to KWPN in the program. Sure enough, someone approached me at the show and asked if the 15.3H, speckled, wispy mane and tailed horse was, in fact, Dutch. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[melting_mochi]

My TB gelding often passes as an Appendix, QH or Morgan. However, his worst "mistaken identity" is in being mistaken for a mare and then acting suddy. He has the temperament of a pony stallion and the looks of a morgan gelding.

[zedcadjna]

I used to have a holsteiner in fla, and this girl used to tell the barn she was an appendix... I just laughed it off, cause she in no way looked like a appendix, esp at 17.2 and long skinny legs, so I went out and found a appendix a few yrs later at 17 hands that looked like my mare and really confused everyone..

[blaze2882]

Well, my horse hasn't exactly been mistaken for anything, but...

In talking to someone who should have been more "in the know", I had mentioned something about how I never used to like Quarter Horses until Blaze. To which said person replied "He's a Quarter Horse?! Really???"

Now...Blaze is definitely the most Quarter Horse-looking Quarter Horse I have EVER seen. I don't think there is even the POSSIBILITY of him looking like something else, so I was utterly confused as to what breed this person was thinking he was. There is no doubt whatsoever, that Mr. Blaze is all QH, all the time. Just take a look at the pictures!

Hahaha. It makes me laugh. I was tempted to say that he's an Arab, just to confuse them.

[SpoiledPink]

A vet recently wrote QH on the receipt for my Arab/Dutch cross mare. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

[schwung]

My 17.2H TB is so often mistaken for a WB (he's got a massive neck on him, and he moves like a WB too), that one day, for fun, I "branded" him. Here he is, sporting an Oldenburg "brand":

Slam is branded (http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dressagegirl1972/detail?.dir=/817a&.dnm=44af.jpg)

[Mad Mission]

My horse is gray, and he happens to be a sort of odd roan/flea bitten shade at the moment. Obviously, he is less 'white' in summer. He also has a mostly black mane and his tail is white at the bottom but dark at the top.

Last summer someone thought he was appolossa. I was in such shock! He does not look spotted in the least- in fact his flew bites are very small and close together.

I guess he can be a bit confusing though, because he looks like he is at least 1/2 QH, but he is all TB. In my first dressage lesson with a new trainer, she was very confused; she thought he looked QH or TB/QH until she saw him start troting. Then she thought maybe he was half warm blood of some sort. Of course, she actually believed me that he is all TB; I don't think the other women ever believed me that he doesn't have ANY appy in him.

[Katie C. 16]

I was walking around at a show on my Zangersheide mare who has a "Z" brand on her hindquarters, and this woman points at her and then says to her son, " Look, honey! Z for Zoro!" The kid proceeds to stare dumbfounded at Becca's butt and says "Woooowwwww!". Quite interesting lol.

[BybeeGirl]

My VET thought that my 2 yr old QH gelding was a WARMBLOOD. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
I was flattered, but he was a bit embarrassed when he was informed of the horrible truth. I mean he's cute, but he places well in stock type halter classes. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[BybeeGirl]

Ok, and then there was this incident at the Mt. Rushmore KOA campground where a cute little girl was telling me that she had named all of the trail horses.
When she got to a rather large mule, I asked what his name was. She sweetly replied, "Donkey" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Vega]

my friend had this beautiful leopard app. We were trail riding one day when we came upon a family hiking.... we overheard the dad explaining to his children that my friends horse was a "dalmation"!!!!!!!!!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

I've had people argue w/me when I tell them that my horse is a TB that TB is not a breed.... it really just means that the horse is a pure bred........ http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Hmmmmmmmmm..... so I wonder what breed Smarty Jones is?????

Also.... my dog (a Pointer) is often mistaken for a dalmation. Other than the fact that he's black and white there's really NO resemblance to a dalmation (He has a few HUGE spots....)

& ONCE when I was in a parade (variety of horses were w/us, mostly TB, QHXs) & I overheard a women telling her daughter "Look sweetie, here's the CLYSDALES!!!!"

Wonder what she thought the Clysdales were?????
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[Parade]

I get told all the time Parade is a warmblood. But the bad part was when I bought her she was being touted as a TB/Hann cross. I get her papers (AWR) do a little bit of looking up information and find out she is all TB. But she is built like a tank and most TB people tell me she is an old type TB....LOTS of bone and muscle.

[WareMule]

I had my young, rather large Belgian mule at a fun show, just walking her around showing her the sights. This young gal asks me "Is your horse a draft cross?" I replied, "Yeah, she's half Belgian." To which she said, "Oh! She's cute!"

I didn't have the heart to tell her she was looking at a mule.

[Hilary]

Three people now, two who know horses well, have asked if my 4 year old TB/IDSH is a Morgan. She's very dark bay with a cute/dainty head, and a TON of hair.

[rfath]

well, at least they're guessing something for the breed. The first dressage show I ventured to with my mare (Percheron/QH), someone came up when she was in crossties and asked 'what is THAT?'. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I can laugh now... she looks quite different under saddle, especially lately.

Her son, now three, is a wonderful WB-type specimen (doesn't look one BIT like Mom). Previous barn owners, Arabian breeders, insisted that he looked like a QH colt. Okay, so maybe his temperament is quite QH-like, but geeeez... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[mbamissaz]

Someone asked me if my TB was a Morgan http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif....(and he stands 17.2h) http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[RugBug]

Show gets called a TB all the time, but the best is he also gets called an Arab. And while my vet didn't call him an Arab, she did say he had the attitude of an Arab (you know, that ears-back-but-not-pinned look and the tail gets pulled up a bit anytime he's tense http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif).

Here he is in all his Arab glory:

The cheekbones of a supermoodel (http://community.webshots.com/photo/80297309/111099655lPPJxj)

This is standard ear carriage, (http://community.webshots.com/photo/80297309/131879508YhpHzK) unless he's spooking at something, which is quite often, so we get about 50% forward ears and 50% like this.

Ears and tail (http://community.webshots.com/photo/80297309/131881660UCcKgQ)

Oh yeah...he's an Oldenburg. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[pinkhorse]

When I took my 100% foundation bred QH to be vetted he asked me if she was a TB/appy cross. To be honest - she was only 3 at the time and pretty skinny/gawky and her coloring - roan is a little appy like and it was the middle of breeding season and he was exhausted. Still makes me chuckle tho. She's certainly not gawky anymore.

[Velvet]

Someone who rides and competes asked me if my full blood Paint was an Arab. Um, yeah, he's an Arab of color. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif I suppose she could have been thinking of a cross, but still, he's got way to much ass on him, withers, and is stockier. An Arab? I've never seen one that looks like that. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[Black Market Radio]

Velvet, there ARE full-blooded pinto Arabs. Chck out KhartoonKhlassic (http://www.khartoonkhlassic.com/)

The mare shown at the bottom of the page was born at the ranch I used to work at, the owner had bought the mare in foal to KK. When that baby was born, my old boss almost had a heart-attack! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif (He's not into color, he likes greys...) My now boss had an opportunity to buy her, but wasn't really into color yet. Now she is kicking herself.

A TB/App cross I used to ride (full sister to the one mentioned earlier in the thread) was always being mistaken for a pregnant saddlebred! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif I used to take her trail riding and people would say things like, "I can't BELIEVE she has a mare THAT pregnant out on the trails!" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Sorry folks, she's just fat!

[Teach]

We have a Belgian x Suffolk cross who is colored like a Belgian except that his mane, tail, & feathers are a creamy to slightly auburn color instead of white. His feathers are also quite minimal. At least 5 times a year (literally) since we bought him, someone tells us he is beautiful & then asks if he's a Clydesdale. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Also, the other night he was shown in an in-hand class which happened to also include our pony mare, who is a Kerry Bog pony--also sort of palomino body with silvery mane & tail (he's 18 hands, she's 11). The ringmaster pointed out, several times, that they should be kept close together in the lineup so that we didn't separate Mama & baby. Ummm--he's a gelding...and she's 11 years older than him! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Velvet]

Devildog, those are not purebred Arabs, from how I understand it. They are a cross out of the pure lines. So they would not be Arab. Besides, as I said, my guy is not a Pinto cross, his full on Paint--which means he's definitely NOT Arab in appearance! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[chaotic mind]

I have a TB/Morgan cross that everyone seems to want to make a QH. Been going on for years even have article written where people just assume he is a QH.

[Chef Jade]

Everyone thinks my oldenburg mare is a QH. And "everyone" includes some of the most knowledgable horse people in the country. Now granted, she is only 15.3, and has the arse the size of a mack truck... but on the arse is a big branded with an "O" and a crown. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[arabhorse2]

Those Arabian/pinto crosses are called Pintabians, I kid you not. And no, they aren't considered purebreds by the AHA, because they're outcrossed. They can only be registered as Half-Arabians with the AHA.

Khartoon Khlassic is a purebred, but not a pinto. He's a sabino, which means he has excessive white markings.

I remember when blue eyes, high white socks past the knees, bald faces, and any white belly markings were considered signs of inferior Arabian breeding, and were discouraged.

And if you notice, these sabino horses may be registered as purebreds, but they also have their own registry, because the AHA still discourages the traits I just mentioned for breeding stock.

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I have always intensely disliked blue eyes in horses. They look creepy and unnatural to me.

[TankOwnsMe]

Well, I was at a horse show a few weeks back, and a man approached me. He asked "What division are you in today?" I replied that I was doing children's hunter.

"Oh." he said "So was he recently gelded?"

"No." I replied, quite amused.

"Well, dear, I am a steward at this show, and must inform you that junior exhibitors may not show stallions."

"That won't be a problem." I insisted. He gave me an irritated look. "This horse is a MARE."

He took a quick look 'down there' and blushed profusely. I laughed for about 9 hours.

[RHdobes]

Velvet, there particular two KHARTOON KHLASSIC and his daughter OUTRAGEOUS are most emphatically PUREBRED Arabians and have been DNA'd to prove it! KK's father, Khemosabi, one of the GREATS of the Arabian world, had four socks, a blaze, and threw a LOT of offspring with chrome.

Yes, there ARE "Pintabians", but these two are NOT.

In my own world, when I saw my 17 hand Thoroughbred for the first time, I thought he was a Saddlebred. When he gets upset, he raises his head WAY up, giving him an upright, Saddlebred-type look.

I was continually frustrated by having to tell the BO and others that my late great mare was a PUREBRED Morgan. (The BO kept calling her a QHX.) No, she didn't have papers, but when Morgan owners come up to me at shows asking what her breeding was... I'm looking for another Morgan like her, and whenever I find something that resembles her, they have the same, old-fashioned lines and common ancestors.

Again, the BO kept telling me that the new boarder in our barn was an "unusual" gaited breed--Rocky Mountain or something. I finally asked the owner---it's a Tennessee Walker! Gaited, yes. Unusual breed? No.

[SLW]

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I have been the person asking the questions about a horse's breeding to owners! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

This spring a client brought an elegant young Warmblood stallion into the clinic to be collected and I commented that "As a QTR horse owner I don't a lot about Warmbloods but your Trakeener reminds me of Secretariat in size and conformation" to which she kindly smiled and said that he carried a LOT of TB blood in him. I didn't feel quite so po-dunk after learning that info. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

A few weeks back another owner brought a Warmblood stallion in to be collected, again, in conversation I mentioned that her Dutch Warmblood looked a lot like a Holsteiner to my plain eye and she too kindly grinned and told how he did have a lot of Holsteiner blood in him.

I decided right then and there a awful lot of "Word Salad" is used in Warmblood breeding. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

[pony4me]

A friend of mine had a 16 1/2 hand mare that was half quarter horse and half Tennessee Walker. She didn't look like either breed. She was almost white, had beautiful gaits and got up to 3rd level dressage. We told people she was an Andalusian.

[Madame Butterfly]

A little boy came with his father to my former barn for a lesson. I thought the little boy was a little girl......

[Soledad's Picasso]

at the MN state fair last year, the Budweiser horses were stabled relatively close to us, so we had people asking us for directions the whole week-even though they're stabled on the MAIN aisle. Then one day a man walks up to us and says 'your clydesdale looks awfully small'!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif do our saddlebreds look like a clydesale? i also get people telling me they like my "paint" horse (my ASB is spotted). i just smile and say thanks.

[Reginapony]

I have a Peruvian Paso. I am always correcting people that call her a Paso Fino. This is not unusual, because there are hundreds of hunter/jumper, dressage and polo ponies in the area, and very few Peruvian and Paso Fino horses. The Peruvian Paso has a unique gait, that seperates them from other gaited horses.

The only people who really know what she is, are the South American day laborers who work for the landscapers! They always stop, nod their heads, and give me a smile. I guess my little mare reminds them of home.

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[Shirrine]

I was plaiting a clydesdale at a show one day when a bunch of school kids came up and asked "hey lady is the horsey a shetland" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[Egioja]

My Han. mare (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SAAAAPkTdLKZh*WsJU8mUtJFegpyXUw6!lTkHJu4FMy20i0t9 b2hyr8Yq*qa5nMwqgYy3hu5IxD0f4FBp0*j7xMz4iAiNBCtwqa cRgLg2!0AAAAAAAAAAA/MVC-769S.JPG?dc=4675478154705662003) is ALWAYS mistaken for a TB--I don't really see it (she definitly a but bulkier then a TB), but I can understand it. (excuse the head up, awful stance, I promise she really does have a nice topline when shes not staring at somethin http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif)

Now, how anyone could think that my Swedish WB gelding (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TADVAkcXspdFw!d5Vp6a2m5XSb3x*PkzaLCbkQPPf7QIdo5QT STsWPMIXhUxaLC7LveDFY6LDcuoUJ9ivO4vakX2bhVRJnJP6C* cBB!RL8*Tkp8PDXvaBg/odinleftside.jpg?dc=4675415412338949987)is an arab is beyond me (vets, trainers-knowledgable people). He's 16.3hh, and in no way is refined, let alone enough to be considered an arab! (again, excuse the pic-I need to get better ones of him online...this was taken by a friend while I was in Italy....)

[eventer_mi]

Emjoying this topic immensely, since I have had two horses that nobody can identify. My first was a lovely little 15.3h TB gelding with a gorgeous neck and dishy head. Everybody thought he was a Morgan or a Trak cross.

Now, Miles is a dilemma to most people. People who don't really know horses that well think he's pure Percheron, which offends me a little because he's not THAT big and he's much more refined than most of the Perchs I've seen. I've also had somebody point me out at a recent show as the lady on the BIG Connemara - that's one big Connemara, since Miles is close to 16.3 hands! He's been mistaken for an Irish Draught more than once, which I find very flattering. Here he is, in all his glory, for those of you who have never seen him before:
http://community.webshots.com/user/eventermi

Oh, and he's Percheron x Morgan.

[Black Market Radio]

Arabhorse2, thatnk you for putting it better than I did! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif The blue eyes are what turned my boss off to the filly and one of the main reasons she didn't buy her, but now she's wishing she had have ignored those blues because of how fabulous she turned out to be! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Miss Perfect]

I own a stocky, old style, 15h QH, and almost everyone who sees him can tell right off the bat that he is a QH. Except for one girl at the barn. She asked me his breed, I told her, she replied, "no, I think he's a Morgen." There was no changing her mind. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[ChampionMercedes]

I was at a show with a grey QH mare. Looked totally like a stock horse. Big butt, square head, square chest. She was standing there totally quiet and calm. This lady walks up with her dancing Arab and goes "Your Arab is really overweight, you should put her on a diet, Arabs should never look like that." My trainer was standing there with me (I was 11) and she goes "Excuse me?" THe lady said she was showing different types of horses to her students, motioning to the entourage behind her. My trainer looked past her, and said to her students. "You need to find a new trainer, this one has gone blind. Nobody that has ever read a book on horse breeds could ever mistake this horse for an Arab. Here's my card."

It was pretty funny http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[larosa90]

Snapper,

I have been asked several times whether Jordan is a QH -- must be his big butt! But alas, no, he is 100% TB.

Snapper most definitely does not look like a percheron. I could see confusion with Welsh or TB or some other refined and well-bred diva breed, but not a work horse!

[Lazy Palomino Hunter]

The photographer at the horse show yesterday was showing me digital proofs of my horse. She asked what breed he was, and I replied "all thoroughbred, but he never raced-"

and she cut me off with "if you weren't suuuurrreee, I'd definately say he had a LOT of MORGAN in him. I'm not saying he might not have some thoroughbred in him, but his head and neck just scream 'MORGAN' to me..."

I just sort of looked at her and said, "First off, he's 17 hands. Second off, I've got records on this horse all the way back to birth. He's by Unfold and he did the International Hunter Futurity as a full THOROUGHBRED. I'm positive."

She gave a little sigh and looked at me with pity like I was a foolish kid who'd been led astray. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[runswithhorses]

My Arab mare has been mistaken more times for being a Quarter Horse or Morgan than she has for an Arab. I admit that she is a bit plain looking for an Arab, and remains calm no matter what is going on around her. But it cracks me up when QH people ask me what her breeding is and the blank looks they get on their faces when I say she is a Ben Rabba granddaughter and CMK Arabian!

I was on an endurance ride a few years ago and one of the other riders looked at Rabbia and said something about not seeing a lot of quarterhorses on endurance rides. I politely explained that she is pure Arab.

I have a yearling Arabian with sabino markings. Mainly a large white belly spot. At a schooling show today I was asked how much Paint she had in her. Eventually she will be grey and that spot will blend in.