IDEA FOR COAT-COLOR BREEDERS
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:54 am
When one ponders on the importance of providing as much phenotypical (or even genetical) information as possible when choosing a horse's name, for the purpose of being as informational as possible for future breeding references, it makes me try to come up with short specific prefixes, suffixes and short keys that may help achieve that goal.
People have already invented great terms for implying coat color fashions
such as:
Chrome (for sabinos)
Blue (for grays)
Cream (for dilutes)
Red (for chestnuts)
yet I wonder if breeders of rare coat colors have ever thought of putting together a joint effort in pro of using an established short code of coat color terms for the sake of a more rapid identification within a pedigree.
I consider ingenious the idea that some breeders employ of using initials just before of after the official name of a horse such as "RFF" to imply a farm or a fashion. Extrapolating that idea, why not employ a unified very short terminology for identifying our "whites", "perlinos", "cremellos", "buckskins", "palominos" etc.
I would suggest the use of the following three-word preffix or suffix:
"Wyt" -- for unmaculated "whites"
"Why" -- for "stained whites"
"Per" -- for "perlinos"
"Cre" -- for "cremellos"
"Bok" -- for "buckskins"
"Pal" -- for "palominos"
"Ron" --for future use for authentic "Roans"
"Mak" -- for sabino marked solid colored sabinos, either bays, chestnuts,
browns, and blacks.
Lets put some name examples:
01. Happy Why, Why Brother (stained white Thoroughbreds)
02. Wyt Emperor, Benevolent Wyt (white Thoroughbreds)
03. Cindy's Per, Per Tony (perlino Thoroughbreds)
04. Flying Bok, Bok a Dime (buckskin Thoroughbreds)
05. Pal Cal, Pal Incredible (palomino Thoroughbreds)
06. Excelling Mak, Mak In Touch (sabino marked Thoroughbreds)
07. Wise Ron, Ron Perfection (genuine genetic roanThoroughbreds)
This is a suggestion for all our coat color breeders, but I am sure you can
come up with additional good ideas, refine the list and informally accord
a protocol. This way the names will have a color hint.
What do you think? Is this too compromising for you for the selection of the rest of the name? You still will have 14 spaces to invent the name!!
Would really appreciate your thoughts. Your voice is quite important here.
Thanks for your attention.
(p.s. When one examines the name of some of the ancestors of the dilutes it is a little somewhat difficult to rationalize how come did two normal bays sired a buckskin or a palomino.)
People have already invented great terms for implying coat color fashions
such as:
Chrome (for sabinos)
Blue (for grays)
Cream (for dilutes)
Red (for chestnuts)
yet I wonder if breeders of rare coat colors have ever thought of putting together a joint effort in pro of using an established short code of coat color terms for the sake of a more rapid identification within a pedigree.
I consider ingenious the idea that some breeders employ of using initials just before of after the official name of a horse such as "RFF" to imply a farm or a fashion. Extrapolating that idea, why not employ a unified very short terminology for identifying our "whites", "perlinos", "cremellos", "buckskins", "palominos" etc.
I would suggest the use of the following three-word preffix or suffix:
"Wyt" -- for unmaculated "whites"
"Why" -- for "stained whites"
"Per" -- for "perlinos"
"Cre" -- for "cremellos"
"Bok" -- for "buckskins"
"Pal" -- for "palominos"
"Ron" --for future use for authentic "Roans"
"Mak" -- for sabino marked solid colored sabinos, either bays, chestnuts,
browns, and blacks.
Lets put some name examples:
01. Happy Why, Why Brother (stained white Thoroughbreds)
02. Wyt Emperor, Benevolent Wyt (white Thoroughbreds)
03. Cindy's Per, Per Tony (perlino Thoroughbreds)
04. Flying Bok, Bok a Dime (buckskin Thoroughbreds)
05. Pal Cal, Pal Incredible (palomino Thoroughbreds)
06. Excelling Mak, Mak In Touch (sabino marked Thoroughbreds)
07. Wise Ron, Ron Perfection (genuine genetic roanThoroughbreds)
This is a suggestion for all our coat color breeders, but I am sure you can
come up with additional good ideas, refine the list and informally accord
a protocol. This way the names will have a color hint.
What do you think? Is this too compromising for you for the selection of the rest of the name? You still will have 14 spaces to invent the name!!
Would really appreciate your thoughts. Your voice is quite important here.
Thanks for your attention.
(p.s. When one examines the name of some of the ancestors of the dilutes it is a little somewhat difficult to rationalize how come did two normal bays sired a buckskin or a palomino.)