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Horse Basics
Horse Color Dilutes – Cream Gene
Single Dilute Cream Shades A single cream gene can have a rather dramatic affect on chestnut, bay and brown coats, creating some of the most sought after and beloved colors. Note that only in chestnut horses is the mane and tail hair affected by a single dose. Chestnut Base Bay Base Brown Base Double Dilute […]
The Trough
Ride Little Monkey, Ride!
I can’t decide if the monkey looks cool, calm and collected or if he looks scared for his life.
Horse Basics
Base Horse Coat Colors – Chestnut
Chestnut Shades There is a rainbow of reds in the chestnut family, but they all fall under one of four categories. Luckily the chestnut colors are slightly different genetically, which provides us a rather tidy way to reference them. Traditionally how chestnut colored horses are categorized can vary between countries and breeds, regardless of their […]
Horse Basics
Base Horse Coat Colors – Black
Although there aren’t different shades of black, there are three types – fading, non-fading and seasonal. Non-Fading Black Fading Black Seasonal Black Modifiers and Dilutions on Black Coats Black based animals are not affected by most of the coat modifiers, however a few of the dilution genes have a fairly drastic affect on black hairs. […]
The Equinest
Let The Equinest Help Find Your Next Horse Job
Looking for a horse related job? We can help, no matter where in the world you are, we’ve got some job listings to help you. Get Paid to Love Them The new horse job section is dedicated to those who love horses enough to make the equine their career. Whether you live in Africa, England […]
Videos with Horses
Freaky Horse Videos
Just because Youtube is out there, there will always be funny and freaky horse videos to watch and share. Here are a few of them that I hadn’t seen, and that everyone should. Loaded Too Heavy It’s so hard not to feel sorry for the little guy, his manhood shattered by a load he couldn’t […]
Horseplay
Even Big Kids Like to Color Horses
Horse loving kids of all ages like to color sometimes. Now that we have the internet, we don’t even have to get off the couch to find pretty horses to color in. I did a little of your homework for you and found some of the best sites out there that offer blank outlines just […]
The Equinest
The Equinest Brings You Horse News
Updated 2010 Recently we’ve done a number of updates to the site and our focus has shifted slightly from intense horse news to a more entertaining angle. Never fear, I will always report anything I think is important to the horse industry. But let’s face it, there is nothing like a little horseplay. 😉 Social […]
Equine Products
Review: Use a Bridle Buddy to Store Your Leather
A very cool way to store anything a horse wears on their head, the Bridle Buddy helps straps and leather keep their shape and looks good doing it.
Horseplay
Does the Mythical Unicorn Exist or Not?
Pretty much everyone wants to believe in the magnificent unicorn. They are one of the mythical creatures that seem to be loved on the collective whole. Robert Vavra did a great job of convincing us all that they just might exist.
Horseplay
Top 7 Freakiest Looking Horses Ever
Unfortunately the site we used for for images in this post is no longer with us and we were unable to find them again. Now this is just a list of glib comments with no context. Horses are usually beautiful creatures, but there are a few out there that are ugly enough to make the […]
Videos with Horses
Are These Painting Horses Really Artists?
You be the judge, while it is a novelty to see video of a horse with a paintbrush in their mouth, would you buy any of their art?