equi

what colour it this?

i'm trying to find a blue horse, that horse has dilution colouring

have you deleted your post kelpie

Yeh.. sorry hadn't realized you'd directed this post to someone in particular Try looking at some of the Iron grays possibly?? Anyway I'll buzz off now.

is that what they call iron grey ?

cant u get blue horse like dog blues?

To my knowledge that's fairly close, You get Iron grays and Steal Grays, normally they are sort of dappled... I've never heard it termed as Blue... but then I just grew up in small time yards... its what we called them i'm not a breeder. You can get Blue roans if i remember correctly.

there are some beautiful coloured horse

i love these colour what do you call ?

this colour is really nice also what do you call this?

Top one is a Skewbald (chestnut n white) , Palomino for the bottom one, that can range from a very dark golden colouration up to very pale like above... but its generally known by its flaxen tail n mane Hope that's helps

i love the cheatnuts and white has there been any top race horses that colour?

Not sure on race horses.. but Zara Philips Event horse.. Toy town i think was classed as one???

Sorry checked that one and seems most call it chestnut with white marks... Good luck with your research anyway

i'm just looking really i never been on horse before i been on donkey if that counts lmao i think i would broke a horse back these days i love cowboys and indians movies most indians would have one them chestnut colours

kelpie wrote:Not sure on race horses.. but Zara Philips Event horse.. Toy town i think was classed as one???

Toytown is a chestnut with a white blaze. I can't see any other white on it.

The brown & whites are always called Skewbald. Black & white are Piebald.

Steve wrote:

this colour is really nice also what do you call this?

this colour was similar to that pitbull i was talking about a months ago with browm spots

Hi Caryll, I questioned that one because i believe it had a few small white dot markings on its flanks.... i only remembered it because I'd read a debate on it on another forum, but Yep definatly chestnut and white blaze Steve i think a lot of the American Pintos are colour'd... very cowboys n Indian for you

I'd call that either Cremello or Isabella Palomino.

Blue roan is a colour in horses, here is a link to an image, can't figure out how to get the image itself on here.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.roanhorses.com/catalog/images/1181564858_roan_hayes0h.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.roanhorses.com/azul_caballo_amigo.php&h=480&w=721&sz=53&tbnid=UFqdyezcXFR8GM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&zoom=1&docid=fU4FP6jxXmuP6M&sa=X&ei=lXKUT9LvLYqt0QX0iNjzAQ&ved=0CD4Q9QEwAQ&dur=2669

Woah, long link! It's a link to an image of a blue roan quarter horse. And I'd go with Caryll on the Isabella Palomino.

Sorry only got on here now! You cant get solid blue horses, you can get blue roan but there generally isn't a problem with their skins

The colour in the first post is flaxen

Steve wrote:

this colour is really nice also what do you call this?

This is creamello

Steve wrote:there are some beautiful coloured horse

i love these colour what do you call ?

this is skewbald

Steve wrote:i love the cheatnuts and white has there been any top race horses that colour?

NO! And there never should be!

They have a piebald (black and white) thoroughbred and its wrong wrong wrong. Thoroughbreds are and always have from the start of time been solid and TB lovers are up in arms about a coloured race horse, it opens it to SO much bother with cross-breeding

You can get blue & strawberry roans, but they are not dilutes. A dun is a dilute, though.

Sorry posting lots, lots of comments haaha

Isabella palomino has more distinct colours, the mane is a lot lighter and the face features are darker, the mare in that photo is cream and the foal is creamello. gorgeous colour but a night mare to keep in the summer

Yeah true Caryll, but horses of certain colours don't generally have skin problems. Hardly little fellas they are

Equi wrote:Yeah true Caryll, but horses of certain colours don't generally have skin problems. Hardly little fellas they are

No, I've rarely heard of bad skin complaints in horses. My friend (with the cottages in cornwall) has had several horses over the years & I've never heard her talk about skin complaints.

Do certain breeds have any specific genetic problems?

Not overly. Cobby types and ponies are more prone to laminitis cause theyre more prone to weight gain from being hardy and over fed by hoomans, and the thoroughbreds generall have bad hooves but theres not really a breed prone to anything hereditary.

Grey horses with black skin are more prone to melanomas in fact every grey i know has them, thats about it

As you say, hardy fellas!!

I mean there is always going to be inhereited diseases but its not like saying "Labradors have hip dyspalisa and pugs have eye problems"

collapsing is getting more common thought i have noticed because of a muscle defect in quarter horses thats passed on, but its still a rare case

i watch something about race horse are really inbred us human are bad at times we kill everything that is nice

Yeah they can be, but its only a new breed. the whole thoroughbred line was born from only three stallions so every thoroughbred is technically related at some point, but the best horses don't always produce the best racers, its all about mathematics and a horse either has it or it doesn't.

i dont know i watch tv program about unhealthy race horse alot get put down

You don't even really want to know how many tbs get put down because of problems. they are broken and raced at 2 years old and they havent even stopped growing so they end up with lung problems and muscles and leg problems

Equi wrote: the whole thoroughbred line was born from only three stallions so every thoroughbred is technically related at some point,

Yes, the Godolphin Arabian, the Darley Arabian & the Byerley Turk. All Arabs which were then crossed with other breeds to produce the thoroughbred.

Where was this show based steve?

human are a evil race... if i was breeder of anything i would be breeding for health, inbreding or close line breding would be a big NO NO with dont matter if my animal crap or poor standard atleast i would be able to sleep at night i did it the right way.

yeah its quite sad, a lot of race horse breeders are waiting for the big money horse that they will get thousands just to breed from.

Heart murmurs, dummy foals, lung and breathing problems. OCD's, aggressive behaviour. Juvenile joint disease, kissing spine.

Just asked an expert on breeding and this is the general problems with the Tb inbreeding. Always good to expand your knowledge!

Equi wrote:Heart murmurs, dummy foals, lung and breathing problems. OCD's, aggressive behaviour. Juvenile joint disease, kissing spine.

Just asked an expert on breeding and this is the general problems with the Tb inbreeding. Always good to expand your knowledge!

Worse than I thought!

Well tbf it can happen with any animal cant it, just the luck of the draw. but inbreeding definitely tips the favour badly! Horse breeding is a real problem cause theres not actually that many stallions...so a lot of the time one stallion covers a million mares and they all get crossed somewhere :/