Rate the redheads: which chestnut mare do you have a soft-spot for?

Michael Eilberg riding WOODLANDER FAROUCHE during the Mount St John Dressage Future Elite Championship at the Horse of the Year Show at the N. E. C. Birmingham, UK between 8th -12th October 2014

(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Chestnut mares can get some bad press — accusations that their fiery colour produces a similar temperament — but there have been plenty of redhead winners across the disciplines. Which is your favourite?

Don’t miss our full feature in the current issue of Horse & Hound magazine (22 September 2016), which looks at the science behind the chestnut mare stereotype

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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.