Comments on: Top 7 Freakiest Looking Horses Ever

By: Madeline

Madeline — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:05:39 +0000

Well, for starters, the ‘albino’ is a mule. I guess the zorse got included, so he’s okay, too.

And he can’t be a true albino because the albino gene is lethal in horses. An albino foal would most likely be born dead or dis in a few hours at the very least. This little guy is just all white.

By: Lisa McDonaldl

Lisa McDonaldl — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:46:00 +0000

I find all those horses and the zorse beautiful examples of their breed, with one exception. That mini horse shows obvious signs of dwarfism – bulged forehead with excessively large head, shortened limbs, slight curvature to the limbs. Breeders of top quality minis avoid dwarfs like the plague.

By: Louann

Louann — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:01:27 +0000

No Good Horse is a bad color and for the blue eyes, I love them but for me, only if they have dark pigment around or behind them. Just a personal choice.

I was honestly expecting to see ugly horses that were results of poor choices but not this time…The Zorse is just gorgeous. I want one!

By: Pie

Pie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:02:35 +0000

Jan…who are you talking to? What’s yuck?
And I agree with pretty much everyone has said. These are beautiful horses! I love them and want them all! Can I have them please? And Chris…how did you find such a video? I like to think people who are cruel to animals have a special place in Hell just for them! I absolutely love horses and animals in general. My dream is to some day own some horses.
Real quick, because it’s my duty to mention this: I work at a farm (volunteer actually) that takes in rescued horses (some of their stories are so sad!) and then uses those horses in therapeutic riding for people with disabilities. It is located in a small town in Maryland. Here is the website: http://www.tranquilityfarmsequestrian.com. You can learn about the farm there and how to donate. Please help us out! The horses (and the cats and dogs that have been rescued as well, who also live on the farm) love getting help and always send their love when we tell them that they got some money to help them and to help them help people. Thank you and <3 to all animals and those who care for them!
p.s. what’s so creepy about these horses? don’t get it…

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:41:10 +0000

I think that if you continue to write about HORSES……..you need to know what you are talking about, or trying?
Sorry……yuck

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:01:13 +0000

I ,too, find them lovely.Unique & intriguing.
“Show your compassion to all living things”is a good motto to live by, don’t you think?

By: Lydia.

Lydia. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:17:17 +0000

All those horses are gorgeous, the cremello’s are lovely!
how can you say they are ugly!
The zorse is gorgeous, as is every single one of them.
they are all unique and absolutely beautiful, any one wo says they are ugly are not proper horse people
anyway, personality over looks!
x

By: Jan S

Jan S — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:53:21 +0000

Sorry but I don’t find any of the horses “freaky” as you put it. The Zorse is a deliberate cross breed that was developed in Africa because of their resistance to many of the mosquito spread diseases there. The regular horses were becoming ill too often. The little mini has a head that is probably the right size for it at birth. About 60% or more of all horses have heads that look out of proportion to their bodies at birth. Andre is just beautiful and BIG, just what his breed is suppose to be. The horse that looks pissed of in the photo might be mad at fly since the camera can’t not capture the whole range of what was going on at the time. As to the Fugly blog, I use to read it all the time (since Cathy began it)but after awhile it gets old – just picking on horses and people by the commentators is just not my thing to read anymore.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:47:31 +0000

The white/cremello horses are not ugly!!! And not albino!!! No Abino! No! No! No! … What worries me is that the dam in that babies picture is a pinto (any pinto should be tested for overo because it can be hidden by tobiano or sabino) I hope that little baby wasn’t a LWO

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:49:57 +0000

Sorry, I meant the fourth one down. The little mini foal is adorable. Would make an adorable little lawn mower for a large front and back yard. Ole blue eyes is cute too. Just needs some attention, the mane is rubbed out and it has a bloated belly. That might be neglect. I think the white one is cute but the ears are too big. But always remember a lot of beautiful horses went through ugly duckling stages. This horse is not ugly though. Horses and ponies don’t balance out until they are a little older than their 6th year growth age. Look at Arabians, their backs are not developed enough to ride until they’re four years old. If you do try to ride it before that then it’s back will swoop down.
One thing about a lot of so called ugly horses is that their breeders are ugly. It’s cruel to experiment with cross breeding. I saw someone breeding a tall stud to a little pony on the you tube. That was a low down and dirty cruel thing to do. Anyone with a half wit knows that this could tear the little pony’s belly apart when she tries to give birth. It is not a humane act. It’s wrong to breed ponies to big horses regardless if it’s male or female. They weren’t meant to breed. If you are one of those people who cross breeds ponies to horses. You need to stop it. Just stop…
But Fugly. I would never dare call that zebra patterned horse fugly. That creatures color pattern is gorgeous, just different. I love blue eyes in cats . A lot of people love blue eyed animals. It would be ugly if an animal was rejected simply because of it’s eye color. Just horrible because it’s just not ugly. A person shouldn’t stop breeding a horse simply because it has blue eyes.
I always thought it was nasty to breed a jack to a horse myself but the offspring are easier to ride and known to be more calm than full bred horses. Nonetheless, you shouldn’t mix animal breeds. Its tacky. As for the FUGLY statements. I don’t think some of these horses are as ugly as all that. Some of them have visible flaws but FUgly. I don’t think so.
Remember this too. There’s many different areas of competition in horsemanship and where a horse is judged based on it’s performance not coloring. Some champions were so called fugly and shouldn’t be rejected just for that reason.