Submitted by Melissa Althouse - This is my paint gelding and I last spring. Can’t wait for the next show season! Photo by Caitlin Demura.
In the month of February, we are celebrating all the flashy-splashy colored horses on #YourDressage! Whether your horse is a registered Paint, Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, or Gypsy Horse, sports a patched or spotted coat, or wears lots of chrome, this month is for you!
We recently asked our social media followers to share their loudly colored horses for a chance to be featured on YourDressage, and we got some beautiful colored submissions! Check them out below, and come back all month long for stories of these horses thriving in the dressage ring!
My Laureli..I got her at 6 months old and she is 17 in September. My heart horse for sure.
– Betty T.Hannah Irons riding the 2014 KWPN – NA mare Jewells sired by Glock’s Johnson, Dam sire Lord Sinclair. Third Level test 3 Welcome Back to White Fences. Photographer Joanna Jodko
– Arthur G.Cruise at Spokane Sport Horse! – Kristyn O.I sent photos of my gelding a few years ago for an Appaloosa feature, but thought I’d send some for the “splash of color” month… he passed on April 4th 2022 at the age of 26 (colic-lipoma) and not a day goes by that I don’t miss him desperately. He was my best friend and dearly loved. – @dancing.with.spots on InstagramSadly lost this amazing guy this year! The big giant “cow horse” that gave me the confidence I needed to get back in the saddle. We miss you Goldie 💙
– Tammy H.Submitted by @caitlin_equestrianWe were happy when our stallion Castleberrys ReFflection was born with a ton of chrome.
– Nicole V.Here is my perfect paint, Paint Misbehavin’!!! He is so talented and only 14.2 HH! – @fmf.eventing.foundationMeet Gypsy Vanner Fever’s Western Sky! Owner and loved by the The Kesslings and ridden by Suzannah Wise of Michigan.
We love ‘Yuri’ because of his sense of humor & wonderful disposition. This breed is an A+ in our books!!
– Suzannah W.Talladega Knight “Bobby” paint x belgian draft, showing 2nd level at KDA at the Ky Horse Park
– Molly D.Submitted by @stella_francis.eq on InstagramMy daughter and her best friend, Knight, during their Harry Potter freestyle.
Tammie Eichmann his wonderful owner ❤️
– Lindsay F.This is River, aka Clickbait, a 15 year old pinto gelding. He’s been a wonderful horse for me to compete in Pony Club rallies and show in dressage shows. He now does a bit of western dressage, too.
– @the_blessed_equestrian on InstagramMy 5 yr half Arabian /half Saddlebred Knighttime Phantsy + with my 14 yr autistic son! Showing him the ropes of intro dressage and stepping up when his horse was lame! Photo credit: Christina Simmerman Stewart – Krissy P.Love my speckled fleabit grey!
– Flossie D.My blue eyed beauty – Christine M.Sheza Pure Color aka J.Lo. Registered APHA & Pinto. Showing 2nd level USDF. And we ❤️ freestyles!! Also just started competing in working equitation. Bought her as a 2 year old, She turns 15 this year and I have done all work with my trainer Gayle Paquin’s guidance
– Kerry M.18 year old Princess Song of Joy is a Georgian Grande! – Elizabeth R.India is a Dutch warmblood x rocky mtn spotted pony who competed 2nd level dressage but schooled all the way up to fourth level. Shows are expensive! But she kicked some serious solid bay booty at USPC nationals 💪
– Merideth H.My girl Jordan!!! She is a double registered Georgian Grande X Pinto. Bred up in Pennsylvania by the Amish. Her mother is a Belgium Draft, and her father was a saddlebred stallion, I believe his name was Spot Of Gold.
– Caroline A.My Percheron / APHA / tb mare Cookie 🥰
– Annie F.Submitted by Alise D.PK Mystic Stardust, an APHA who competed through fourth level and is now packing kids around in lessons. – Cameron D.My flashy draft cross mare 🥰 – Leah S.Arab/ QH he’s really smart and pretty cute. He’s 13 years old and 15 hands tall
– Nadia P.JD’s Image is an 8 year old splashy colored Dutch Harness Horse showing 4th level.
– Jennifer M.The best pony! Chip is a 16 y/o Palomino paint quarter horse! He just got back into dressage in May 2024 and I took him to US Dressage Finals 2024! It’s been so fun to work with and train him myself! Planning on showing 1st and 2nd level in 2025!
– Sarah J.Once in A Blu Moon Her last show on this side of the moon💙 – Alexandra T.Our girl is flashy but going grey! So soon she’ll be a “ghost paint”. This is Iris (Rewrite The Stars), a Half Arabian filly starting her dressage career!
– Katie L.Romantic Endeavor (Valentino), shown through second level but now mostly retired💕
– Meghan V.Dynamite Duke 1st level – Meghan R.Erlene Smythe with Tinkerbelle giving a clinic on Western Dressage
– Sofia F.
Note, USDF strongly recommends all riders wear protective headgear when mountedDreaming… my new mare as of last summer and hoping to start her under saddle this spring. Dressage is our goal!!!
Belgian/TWH.
– Kelly M.My beautiful Juliet 💜 – Alex T.19 yoa Apha
– Shannon O.The Black Tie Affair. He’s 21 pulled out of retirement in April and had his first dressage season this year. Starting our season in June, we snagged Reserve all breeds! He was previously a hunter/jumper/eventer but he is proving himself as a dressage horse!
– Michele O.RNA Dark Drifter ~ Everest 🤍
Everest is double registered as an Appaloosa as well as a Colorado ranger. We have completed together from intro through 4th level. He is the most amazing teammate with so much talent and heart!
– Maria S.My sweet Hotrod, 13 year old that takes great care of his 72 year rider. He’s knocking on the door of third level after spending the first 9 years as a trail horse.
– Pam W.“Sandspur’s Just Raven” Half Dutch WB, half Quarter Horse bred by Anne Holdorf as 5 y.o. he earned HYO Res Champion Material Horse AWS. Below shown by Alyssa Longoria at Intro and Training Level when she was 8 yrs old. The pair earned lot of titles at Intro and Training Level, competing at USDF Reg 9 Championships, Dressage Seat Equitation, Southwest Dressage Championships, Houston Dressage Society Schooling Show Championships. WDAA World Schow High Point with over 81% Intro Level Jr … the list goes on. He reminds in the family and teaches other little girls now.
– Sandra L.
