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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
All the (horse) colours of the rainbow!
All horses have a beautiful coloured coat made up of hair. There is a very wide range of colours that coats come in, so here I am today to show you some of the many types! Lets start with the most common colours.
Chestnut:
Chestnut is a brown-reddish colour, and it is one of the most common horse colours.
(from: riverleafranch.webs.com)
Bay:
Bay is a brown body colour with a bay mane, tail and points (ears, muzzle and legs). Here is a very lovely example
(from www.equusite.com)
Black:
A black horse is a horse with black all over his coat. It has to be black all over.
(from www.puzzlehouse.com)
Brown:
A brown horse is brown all over. People often mix up brown horses with chestnut and bay horses.
(from graceysfreestock.blogspot.com)
Seal brown:
A seal brown horse is a dark brown horse with a few light brown markings here and there.
(from en.wikipedia.org)
Red dun:
A red dun horse is a dun horse with reddish shade to it.
(from bridlepath.wordpress.com)
Grullo/Grulla:
A grullo or grulla horse has a dirty mousey-greyish coat.
(from www.examiner.com)
Dun/buckskin:
Dun and buckskin horses are very similar. They both are made up of different genes. Dun horses are know to have dorsal stripes on their back (a black stripe running along their spine on their back) and horizontal stripes on their legs. They both have creamy yellow coats and black legs, manes and tails.
This is a dun horse:
See his stripy legs and his stripe on his back?
(from www.americanspanishsulphur.org)
This is a close up of the legs:
(from: www.theequinest.com )
This is a buckskin horse:
(from: www.about-horses.net)
Palomino:
A palomino horse has a creamish yellow coat and a silvery white mane and tail.
(from: www.ultimatehorsesite.com)
Cremello:
A cremello horse has pink skin and white hairs. It is a rare colour because this horse is a truly white horse, with blue eyes. Grey horses are often called white, but they are not, as they have black skin.
(from: moonrocksporthorses.com)
Perlino:
A perlino horse is like a cremello horse, but they have a smokier-coloured coat. They usually have blue eyes.
(from www.texas-paint-horses-for-sale.com)
Gold Champagne:
A gold champagne horse is a horse with a very light, goldish coat. The horse in this picture has light green eyes!
(from www.homozygous-horses.com)
Classic Champagne:
A classic champagne horse is like a grullo or grulla horse but it is darker, and browner.
(from www.horsegroomingsupplies.com)
Amber champagne:
A red taffy horse had a reddish coat and a white mane and tail. This model horse is a perfect example:
(from s277.photobucket.com)
Chocolate flax:
A chocolate flax horse has a chocolate coloured body and a white or very light brownish mane.
(from www.equinenow.com)
Silver dapple black:
A silver dapple black horse has a black coat and a silvery white mane.
(from www.mulberrylanefarms.com)
Silver dapple bay:
A silver dapple bay horse has a brown coat and a silvery mane.
(from www.miniatureequine.com)
Silver dapple:
A silver dapple horse has a dapple grey coat with a silvery mane. This colour is one of my personal favourites!
(from www.amha.org)
Flaxen chestnut:
A flaxen chestnut horse has a chestnut body and a light chestnut mane.
(from www.horse-genetics.com)
Red/strawberry roan:
A red roan horse has chestnut and white hairs mixed together.
(from www.equine-world.org)
Black/Blue roan:
A blue roan horse has white and black hairs mixed together.
(from www.goodreads.com)
Bay roan:
A bay roan horse has brown and white hairs mixed together with a black mane and tail.
(from www.roanhorsepony.com)
Flea-bitten grey:
A flea-bitten grey horse has a light grey coat and small, darker grey spots.
(from www.horse-genetics.com)
Dapple grey:
A dapple grey horse is a dark grey with darker rings and spots.
(from www.horseforum.com)
More colours will be posted often! Check back soon!
Chestnut:
Chestnut is a brown-reddish colour, and it is one of the most common horse colours.
(from: riverleafranch.webs.com)
Bay:
Bay is a brown body colour with a bay mane, tail and points (ears, muzzle and legs). Here is a very lovely example
(from www.equusite.com)
Black:
A black horse is a horse with black all over his coat. It has to be black all over.
(from www.puzzlehouse.com)
Brown:
A brown horse is brown all over. People often mix up brown horses with chestnut and bay horses.
(from graceysfreestock.blogspot.com)
Seal brown:
A seal brown horse is a dark brown horse with a few light brown markings here and there.
(from en.wikipedia.org)
Red dun:
A red dun horse is a dun horse with reddish shade to it.
(from bridlepath.wordpress.com)
Grullo/Grulla:
A grullo or grulla horse has a dirty mousey-greyish coat.
(from www.examiner.com)
Dun/buckskin:
Dun and buckskin horses are very similar. They both are made up of different genes. Dun horses are know to have dorsal stripes on their back (a black stripe running along their spine on their back) and horizontal stripes on their legs. They both have creamy yellow coats and black legs, manes and tails.
This is a dun horse:
See his stripy legs and his stripe on his back?
(from www.americanspanishsulphur.org)
This is a close up of the legs:
(from: www.theequinest.com )
This is a buckskin horse:
(from: www.about-horses.net)
Palomino:
A palomino horse has a creamish yellow coat and a silvery white mane and tail.
(from: www.ultimatehorsesite.com)
Cremello:
A cremello horse has pink skin and white hairs. It is a rare colour because this horse is a truly white horse, with blue eyes. Grey horses are often called white, but they are not, as they have black skin.
(from: moonrocksporthorses.com)
Perlino:
A perlino horse is like a cremello horse, but they have a smokier-coloured coat. They usually have blue eyes.
(from www.texas-paint-horses-for-sale.com)
Gold Champagne:
A gold champagne horse is a horse with a very light, goldish coat. The horse in this picture has light green eyes!
(from www.homozygous-horses.com)
Classic Champagne:
A classic champagne horse is like a grullo or grulla horse but it is darker, and browner.
(from www.horsegroomingsupplies.com)
Amber champagne:
A red taffy horse had a reddish coat and a white mane and tail. This model horse is a perfect example:
(from s277.photobucket.com)
Chocolate flax:
A chocolate flax horse has a chocolate coloured body and a white or very light brownish mane.
(from www.equinenow.com)
Silver dapple black:
A silver dapple black horse has a black coat and a silvery white mane.
(from www.mulberrylanefarms.com)
Silver dapple bay:
A silver dapple bay horse has a brown coat and a silvery mane.
(from www.miniatureequine.com)
Silver dapple:
A silver dapple horse has a dapple grey coat with a silvery mane. This colour is one of my personal favourites!
(from www.amha.org)
Flaxen chestnut:
A flaxen chestnut horse has a chestnut body and a light chestnut mane.
(from www.horse-genetics.com)
Red/strawberry roan:
A red roan horse has chestnut and white hairs mixed together.
(from www.equine-world.org)
Black/Blue roan:
A blue roan horse has white and black hairs mixed together.
(from www.goodreads.com)
Bay roan:
A bay roan horse has brown and white hairs mixed together with a black mane and tail.
(from www.roanhorsepony.com)
Flea-bitten grey:
A flea-bitten grey horse has a light grey coat and small, darker grey spots.
(from www.horse-genetics.com)
Dapple grey:
A dapple grey horse is a dark grey with darker rings and spots.
(from www.horseforum.com)
More colours will be posted often! Check back soon!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Our Newest member!
Hi there horse lovers!
I would like to introduce you to my newest Co- Blogger! Georgia will be posting information on horses too! So keep your eyes peeled for some new amazing posts!
Ella :)
I would like to introduce you to my newest Co- Blogger! Georgia will be posting information on horses too! So keep your eyes peeled for some new amazing posts!
Ella :)
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Want to know something?
Desperate to know something about horses? Comment here and I will see what I can do!
Ella
Ella
Friday, March 29, 2013
How horses evolved
So, I thought we should start off with how it all began. Horses weren't always the way they are now! They evolved, and, like every other living thing, are still evolving now. Becoming taller, faster and even more beautiful1! But what were they like in the past? Well it all starts around 50 million years ago! So come on! Hop in the time nachine and we'll take it for a spin!
Okay, here we are in the early Eocene age, which is around 50 million years ago! Come on out, mind the step, and please, no touching anything! If you look closely, you can see the Hyracotherium, a dog like creature standing at a mere 0.4 metres. (Roughly the height of your knee). The Hyracotherium lived in forests, but as time moved on, their diet switched from foliage to grass. This odd animal, also had an odd number of toes! One at the back, and four at the front! It means they are part of an order called Perissodactyla, along with many other animals such as tapirs and rhinos! That goes to show why this picture of a Hyracotherium looks so much like a tapir! The hyracotherium is also known as the Eohippus, which means dawn horse. Lets move on to our next destination!
Hyracotherium:
Tapir:
Here we are! We are still approximately 50 million years ago, in the early-middle Eocene age. We are here to visit the Orrohippus! The orrohippus is still very similar to the Hyracotherium, with only one significant change. The teeth of the Orrohippus were stronger and better at eating tough materials. The horse after Orrohippus was the Epihippus, (47 million years ago) but there were not many specific chances. So, lets move on to the Mesophippus.
The Mesophippus was from the late Eocene age (40 million years ago) The mesophippus' legs and neck were noticeably longer and it's brain was developing. Not long after, came the miohippus, then at 23 million years ago came the Parrahippus and the Mercychippus. At 15 million years ago, was the Philohippus, then 5 million years later, the Astrohippus.
The dinohippus was from about 12 million years ago. 12 million years later, here we are with the Equus (or, as we more commonly know them, Horses) It is incredible how horses have evolved from a tiny dog like creature to the beautiful creatures we know today. Who knows what the horse will be like in 5 million years or more? Maybe we will have to just wait and see.
Ella
Resources:
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/horses/horse_evol.html
Okay, here we are in the early Eocene age, which is around 50 million years ago! Come on out, mind the step, and please, no touching anything! If you look closely, you can see the Hyracotherium, a dog like creature standing at a mere 0.4 metres. (Roughly the height of your knee). The Hyracotherium lived in forests, but as time moved on, their diet switched from foliage to grass. This odd animal, also had an odd number of toes! One at the back, and four at the front! It means they are part of an order called Perissodactyla, along with many other animals such as tapirs and rhinos! That goes to show why this picture of a Hyracotherium looks so much like a tapir! The hyracotherium is also known as the Eohippus, which means dawn horse. Lets move on to our next destination!
Hyracotherium:
Tapir:
Here we are! We are still approximately 50 million years ago, in the early-middle Eocene age. We are here to visit the Orrohippus! The orrohippus is still very similar to the Hyracotherium, with only one significant change. The teeth of the Orrohippus were stronger and better at eating tough materials. The horse after Orrohippus was the Epihippus, (47 million years ago) but there were not many specific chances. So, lets move on to the Mesophippus.
The Mesophippus was from the late Eocene age (40 million years ago) The mesophippus' legs and neck were noticeably longer and it's brain was developing. Not long after, came the miohippus, then at 23 million years ago came the Parrahippus and the Mercychippus. At 15 million years ago, was the Philohippus, then 5 million years later, the Astrohippus.
The dinohippus was from about 12 million years ago. 12 million years later, here we are with the Equus (or, as we more commonly know them, Horses) It is incredible how horses have evolved from a tiny dog like creature to the beautiful creatures we know today. Who knows what the horse will be like in 5 million years or more? Maybe we will have to just wait and see.
Ella
Resources:
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/horses/horse_evol.html
Friday, January 11, 2013
Introduction
Welcome! So, you like horses, hey? Why didn't you say so! We do too! Well, you've come to the right place! Here, we post reliable information on horses, useful whether you own one or not! Not only do we post information on caring for your horse, but we post info on handling horses, riding, and getting involved with horses. We post interviews, reviews, and hopefully we will hold some fun competitions down the track!
I am Ella, the creator of the Horse Lover's Guide to Horses and Georgia is the co-owner! We are both dedicated to horses and while we don't have our own, we are absolutely horse crazy. We hope you can jump on the horse lover train with us. Next stop? Horse crazy station!
If you have any questions or comments, please post a comment on one of my posts, and we will reply ASAP!
Well, that's all for now. Keep horsing around!
Ella and Georgia
I am Ella, the creator of the Horse Lover's Guide to Horses and Georgia is the co-owner! We are both dedicated to horses and while we don't have our own, we are absolutely horse crazy. We hope you can jump on the horse lover train with us. Next stop? Horse crazy station!
If you have any questions or comments, please post a comment on one of my posts, and we will reply ASAP!
Well, that's all for now. Keep horsing around!
Ella and Georgia
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