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[tridentk9]

Love it. Ever seen a Brabant? They're similar to the Belgian, from the same part of the world, less common in the US and considered by many to be a better draft horse.

This photo periodically shows up on facebook.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: I wondered if that was the same horse, I know some change color like that, and others stay pretty much one color year 'round. I've known a few silvers that may get lighter and darker, and the dapples may disappear, but they are always some shade of brown (it's a pretty common color in minis/ponies around here).

My palomino mini sort of does this. During the winter, she's a pale, almost cream color; she's much darker during the summer. When I first got her, my husband kept asking me, "why do you keep calling her 'yellow horse'? She looks white to me," My QH Latte is golden all the time - sometimes, almost pumpkin colored. For a little while this summer, she and Blondie were almost exactly the same shade.

 

[tridentk9]

From Animal Genetics Service

Silver Dilution is a dominant trait, so in order to inherit the trait, a horse requires only one parent to carry and pass on the gene. Somewhat similar to the agouti gene, the silver dilution gene will only alter black pigmented horses (Ee or EE) and has no effect on red pigmented horses (ee). The agouti gene alters the coat by controlling distribution of the black pigment whereas the silver dilution gene does so by diluting areas of black pigment.

The effects of the silver dilution gene can vary greatly. Dilution by the silver gene on a horse with a uniform black base typically involves lightening of the mane and tail and a dilution of the body to a chocolate color, often dappled as well. A Bay horse carrying the Silver gene will usually have a lightened mane and tail, as well as lightened lower legs. It is important to know that although a red horse will not be diluted by the silver gene, it can be a carrier of the gene and thus potentially pass the gene on to its offspring.

Silver dilution has been identified in a number of horse breeds including the Quarter horse, the Rocky Mountain horse, the Icelandic horse, Morgans, Shetland ponies and the Miniature horse.

 

[Wisher1000]

Guess who?

Yes, that is me and my first horse, Lucy. She was a registered Appaloosa, grey with a blanket. Her legs were putty colored below the knee. This pic was taken about a year before I sold her. I was probably seventeen in this pic. Glory days.....

I miss that old horse, always have, always will. She was the perfect first horse. Gentle, smart, push button for western pleasure, old enough to school me if I lost my reason. We placed in every class we ever entered, as long as she didn't miss a lead. She endured many games, and trail rides, and teenage girl silliness. I dyed her pink, once, with food coloring in her rinse water after a bath.

 

[bamadude]

All this talk about horses is making me hungry

 

[Highcotton]

They are originally from Austria (next to Germany). They were mountain draft horses and so the large "pony" size. They are a cousin breed to the Noriker which is a bigger horse. The Noriker looks a great deal like them but comes in other colors than the blond sorrel. They are mostly Old Forrest Horse with some trickles of Oriental blood that give them some of the gorgeous curve of the neck

So, these are bantam draft horses.

 

[hennible]

Ooh thats a pretty roo....  What breed?  Andd..... Anddd is that a canvas roof I see...

deb

He's an amarucana.... Or Easter egger totally questionable as I didn't know the breeder. Lol
And that's lumber wrap on the coop ceiling... It breaths and prevents them from eating that darn blue styrofoam insulation

 

[chickadoodles]

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Oooh I love Halfies.... They work very well in harness too. A team can do just about all that a single Percheron could.

deb
They are gorgeous I have never seen them before what amazing beauty!

 

[chickadoodles]

Guess who?

Yes, that is me and my first horse, Lucy. She was a registered Appaloosa, grey with a blanket. Her legs were putty colored below the knee. This pic was taken about a year before I sold her. I was probably seventeen in this pic. Glory days.....

I miss that old horse, always have, always will. She was the perfect first horse. Gentle, smart, push button for western pleasure, old enough to school me if I lost my reason. We placed in every class we ever entered, as long as she didn't miss a lead. She endured many games, and trail rides, and teenage girl silliness. I dyed her pink, once, with food coloring in her rinse water after a bath.

She is pretty and I would have loved to see her pink. I like your hat.

 

[Bunnylady]

"To all the steeds I've known before
Who've hung their heads o'er my stall door . . . ."