When I was a kid, ANY horse would have made me happy. But I think I wanted a fjord the most, because of their colour and their "tidyness" with the mane etc.

Then, I wanted a short (15.2 max) bay gelding.
I got a 16.2 chestnut mare.

After she died I wanted a welltrained nice sound gelding with a sweet disposition. Turned out he was almost solid bay, 17,3 hh, 12 years old.