Does anyone get annoyed when people call horses brown?
Well apparently tolerance comes with age because this is something that always used to nark me off to a high degree and I’d actually end up lecturing people until they got that glazed ready-to-bolt look in their eyes. These days it only bugs me if it’s in a formal or informational context ( where you’d expect everything to be just so) If it comes from one of the tractor guys or whatever then fair enough – they don’t kick off when I tell them the thingy’s dripping oil or refer to complex bits of machinery as “the spinny thing” They let me off with that I can sure let them off for calling my horse ginger. And yes, in casual company we use all sorts of incorrect words – it’s like a running joke.
No it just shows that they don’t know what other breeds use for registering as colors. Like in registering a Thoroughbred there is no color sorrel.Some people call all chestnuts sorrel but I consider a sorrel as a chestnut with a light mane and tail but only as a quarter horse or other breed not a TB. Here are the colors used by the Thoroughbred registration.at Colors Of Thoroughbreds The following colors are recognized by The Jockey Club: Bay: The entire coat of the horse may vary from a yellow-tan to a bright auburn. The mane, tail and lower portion of the legs are always black, unless white markings are present. Black: The entire coat of the horse is black, including the muzzle, the flanks, the mane, tail and legs, unless white markings are present. Chestnut: The entire coat of the horse may vary from a red-yellow to a golden-yellow. The mane, tail and legs are usually variations of coat color, unless white markings are present. Dark Bay/Brown: The entire coat of the horse will vary
