A friend just referred me the following article from Australia:
http://www.thethoroughbred.com.au/magaz ... _winter_08
White Thoroughbred article fom Australia
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The article is still there.
01. Please click on the following link:
http://www.thethoroughbred.com.au/magaz ... _winter_08
02. There you will see several horizontally arranged small photographs at the bottom of the page.
03. One of those is a "black and white" photo with the word "WHITE" on it.
04. Click over there.........and Bingo!
01. Please click on the following link:
http://www.thethoroughbred.com.au/magaz ... _winter_08
02. There you will see several horizontally arranged small photographs at the bottom of the page.
03. One of those is a "black and white" photo with the word "WHITE" on it.
04. Click over there.........and Bingo!
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summerhorse
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I agree. For me The Tetrarch was simply and purely a gray equine.
The best practical way to check this out is to focus on the skin area around the nostrils and eyes. If a clear pink color is all you see, then most probably you are dealing with a white equine.
A good opposite example comes handy. The gray horse VIGORS (1973) who was born with his hairs all white since birth (like in a very old regular gray equine), and even fashioned some pink areas around his nostrils like a person affected with vitiligo, WAS NOT A WHITE HORSE, in spite of the aforementioned description. He was not a (sabino-based) white because his skin was dark not pink, just as all regular grays are. I had the opportunity to see his conformation photo and he look almost impeccably white, but I am referring to the hairs of his body not his skin. Vigors' skin was dark. The Tetrarch was a very beautiful gray horse. There is a strong possibility, perhaps probability, that he was carrying the sabino pattern. But that's another angle. But he was a run-of-the-mill gray!
The best practical way to check this out is to focus on the skin area around the nostrils and eyes. If a clear pink color is all you see, then most probably you are dealing with a white equine.
A good opposite example comes handy. The gray horse VIGORS (1973) who was born with his hairs all white since birth (like in a very old regular gray equine), and even fashioned some pink areas around his nostrils like a person affected with vitiligo, WAS NOT A WHITE HORSE, in spite of the aforementioned description. He was not a (sabino-based) white because his skin was dark not pink, just as all regular grays are. I had the opportunity to see his conformation photo and he look almost impeccably white, but I am referring to the hairs of his body not his skin. Vigors' skin was dark. The Tetrarch was a very beautiful gray horse. There is a strong possibility, perhaps probability, that he was carrying the sabino pattern. But that's another angle. But he was a run-of-the-mill gray!
By the way the name of this filly is "The Opera House" for those who want to see another picture of her. I had to look her up in the article for someone last night and couldn't find her name, but here she is if you missed it like I did. http://www.pedigreequery.com/the+opera+house