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Roan White Pattern – Horse Coat Colors

Roan White PatternLately I’ve been working my way through the colors section, providing new information and updated images. So far I’ve gotten through the solid colors and now it’s time for the white patterns.

White Patterns

There are a handful of white patterns that can affect the base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and dilutions (or even other white patterns). Today I want to share a little about the roan white pattern which is responsible for a brilliant rainbow of different horse hues.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 2. The Hunt

Black horse in a green field

Chapter 2. The Hunt

Before I was two years old a circumstance happened which I have never forgotten. It was early in the spring; there had been a little frost in the night, and a light mist still hung over the woods and meadows. I and the other colts were feeding at the lower part of the field when we heard, quite in the distance, what sounded like the cry of dogs. The oldest of the colts raised his head, pricked his ears, and said, “There are the hounds!” and immediately cantered off, followed by the rest of us to the upper part of the field, where we could look over the hedge and see several fields beyond. My mother and an old riding horse of our master’s were also standing near, and seemed to know all about it.
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Wind Horse Puppet

Click to see VideoToday’s video is something totally different, and although it happened some time ago – it’s still quite beautiful.

Celebrating May Day

I can’t find much about the celebration itself – or even where it was held. But it’s a festival for May Day and the puppet itself was built by the man in the green bandanna who controls the head of the horse. It’s a bit windy at first, but it gets better, Enjoy!
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Light Black Dilution – Horse Coat Colors

Light Black DilutionI’m making my way through the colors section and giving it new information and updated images. Today I’ve finally gotten through the solid colors and next week we’ll move on to the white patterns.

Dilutions

There are a bunch of dilution genes which affect the two base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and white patterns. Today I want to share a little about the light black dilution is loosely termed as such as it’s a collection of animals that test as genetically black, but aren’t.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 1. My Early Home

Black horse in a green field

Chapter 1. My Early Home

The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master’s house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
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The Ride – Race Across the Steppe Ep 6

Click to see VideoThe hotly debated Mongol Derby is the longest & harshest horse race in the world. The race re-creates the vast messenger system of 1000 kilometers created by Genghis Khan.

An Ongoing Series

While many people won’t agree with the treatment of animals in this race, the same thing could easily be said about most modern equestrian sports. This one comes steeped in tradition and is a part of equestrian history. The sixth and final episode of the show which sees the riders at the last stage of the derby. Only a few hours behind the leaders, Barry and Joe gamble by selecting wild horses to ensure the fastest ride. Will their gamble pay off?
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Mushroom Dilution – Horse Coat Colors

Mushroom DilutionI’m making my way through the colors section and giving it new information and updated images. In fact, today’s dilution is another one that wasn’t discovered until recently when color genetics testing was made possible.

Dilutions

There are a bunch of dilution genes which affect the two base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and white patterns. Today I want to share a little about the mushroom dilution which is incredibly rare and only recently discovered in a few specific breeds.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Right Here on The Equinest

Black Beauty on The EquinestAs I run out of horse poetry to post I’ve began searching for more horse literature to share. In doing so I ran across a treasure trove including Black Beauty which was first published in 1877.

Breaking Ground

This realistic, bittersweet tale is written from the animal’s point of view, giving it a unique twist. Anna Sewell claims to have only translated the tale into English (from equine) for us humans to learn from.

This type of autobiography was the first of its kind, not only was it written from the horses perspective, but the horse was never given human traits.

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The Ride – Race Across the Steppe Ep 5

Click to see VideoThe hotly debated Mongol Derby is the longest & harshest horse race in the world. The race re-creates the vast messenger system of 1000 kilometers created by Genghis Khan.

An Ongoing Series

While most people won’t agree with the treatment of animals in this race, the same thing could easily be said about most modern equestrian sports. This one comes steeped in tradition and is a part of equestrian history. Episode five sees Barry and Joe happy with their horse choices but not so happy about the weather. However they are quickly bearing down on the lead rider and have a good chance of winning.
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