Talk:Clydesdale (horse)

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[edit] Anheuser Busch

Can someone mention the use of the Clydesdale's in the Anheuser Busch commercials? Rentastrawberry 00:57, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Exhibition disambiguation

I have removed the link to the dab page, and sent it to Agricultural_show. I think this is right, but if there is a better one on the dab list please feel free to change it. LeeG 13:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colour

"Color and pattern are generally not considered, although coloration should be vivid and white markings ought to be a bright white."

I don't think that this that to say they are "not considered" is accurate. While the Clydesdale Society says that you can't have a good horse of a bad colour, there is an expectation that a Clydsedale will have a body of one colour, almost always with white face marking and white legs and perhaps a little white on the belly, All things being equal, a good bay has the advantage over a roan. And if the horse has more than a little white on its body, then it needs to have good colour distribution, rather than a few odd specks. I am not a judge, or a breeder, but this is the impression that I have gained by looking at British and Australian Clydesdales. In New South Wales there is now a predominace of bay Clydesdales. I don't know what the preferences are in the US and Canada. --Amandajm 08:41, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Someone could just find a rule book (In the USA, most are online) and just explain the rules. Sabino coloring exists in Clydes, so what they do about it in different countries beats me, it's a genetic reality...high white, bald faces AND "roaning" are all different manifestations of sabino. But I don't breed clydes, either, so shall stay out of that dispute other than to say, when in doubt, find a verifiable source. Montanabw^(talk) 03:52, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

In Canada, bays are more preferred over blacks or any other color and in order to be considered "show quality" it must have the four white legs slightly above the knee and a large blaze or almost bald face. --Nobodyknows007 (talk) 16:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)