Gorgeous Horse!!

Not if they are breeding cremello and palaminos, this is a typical color for these types of "breed."

Gorgeous Boy!

Thats a coincidence because my dh had a stallion named Chip too! He loved that horse.

Why don't you try looking into a lease? They are quite popular around here. Some even are free.....one was ride free of charge 3 times a week just to keep the horse in condition.

Sigh.......I wish we had a nice barn.

I rode for about 5 years until I broke my ankle, after it was "fixed" I went back to riding and continued for another 5 years until I just couldn't take the pain when my ankel was in the stirrup anymore

The first horse that I ever took lessons on was an 18h bay coloured horse, he was beautiful. His owner let the stable use him for lessons so that she'd get free board, she always said he liked scotch mints and imported beer, lol.

My heart horse was an ex thoroughbred racer named Jake. We were the same age He was chestnut coloured and an absolute love, but the owner and I were the only ones that could ride him. He was very spooky and you had to keep him on the bit if you were riding outside of the fenced area, most of the people there couldn't keep him on the bit. I would go out into the pasture and call him, he'd come running over to me, causing a stampede along the way, lol. Other times I'd walk over to him, give him a quick brushing and then slip my lead onto his halter like reins and ride him to the barn, he was such a good boy for me. If he was being used in lessons while I was there, I couldn't be in the barn while he was being groomed or within eyesight of the ring while he was being ridden, he would kick or buck and come running over to me.

Unfortunately, the lady that ran the stable and owned Jake had some family problems and had to sell a lot of the horses and move. She kept Jake with her and would call me and pick me up to go out and ride with her quite often, we lost touch though and I don't know where either of them are now

Looks cremello to me. I don't think the champagne gene exists in QH and until recently, they weren't registering double dilutes. Unless it is a young horse, it is awful butt high, and in combination with flat withers, would not be a fun ride. Sorry to burst your bubble.
BTW, the advert is itself is gone, says flagged for removal.

Champagne is an entirely different colour with mottled skin on the muzzle and other thinly haired areas where cremello is pink on those areas and the palomino has dark muzzle, etc; the colour between the two can be so hard to define that only looking at the muzzle and other areas is the telling thing. Champagne CAN look similar but have the mottling and the eyes are hazel rather than brown or blue as in cremellos.

There are as many colours in the horse world as in the cat world and I find colour genetics fascinating although I prefer my horses bay or brown. If you are interested, I have a number of equine colour links.

No problem at all........I like learning too and spend far too much time on google looking for interesting links.

Some recent discoveries: http://www.newdilutions.com/

Chamagne: http://www.ichregistry.com/

Double Dilutes: http://www.doubledilute.com/ and somewhere on this site, WendyB has a discussion board.

Morgan horse colours (applies to most breeds): http://colormorgans.tripod.com/basecolors.htm

That should keep you busy for a while!!!

There is a horse, QH, at my barn and my friend owns this horse. His name is Sundance and he is exactly the same color of the horse in your photo. Not sure what the color is but it is tan? with the flaxen mane/tail. Very pretty color.

That is a beautifully colored horse

OH NO, just have had a horse for over twenty years and call the boarding barn, my barn. I don't own a horse at the moment, but still go to the barn and ride and help my friends with some training in Dressage. Yes, that QH, Sundance, is a beauty for sure.