Nice story about a 42 year old Arabian

Turn-To Fan · Postby **Turn-To Fan** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:33 am

still going strong.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... t-to-trot/

surprisewind · Postby **surprisewind** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:04 pm

Did you read the comments that went along with the article? It's possible she's not as old as claimed. Although, really, even a 20 yr old horse taking 10 mile trail rides with a 280 lb passenger is impressive.

Sysonby · Postby **Sysonby** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:00 pm

I read the comments, It is a heartwarming story but they are right--grays don't turn chestnut.

Turn-To Fan · Postby **Turn-To Fan** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:10 am

Thanks for pointing out the comments--I hadn't seen them. The owner says she was born gray. Is it possible that she had some disease in the womb that caused some of her hairs to be white, which then went back to their true chestnut color when she shed her baby fuzz?

freshman · Postby **freshman** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:40 pm

Turn-To Fan wrote:Thanks for pointing out the comments--I hadn't seen them. The owner says she was born gray. Is it possible that she had some disease in the womb that caused some of her hairs to be white, which then went back to their true chestnut color when she shed her baby fuzz?

Nope.

karenkarenn · Postby **karenkarenn** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:11 pm

Yes it is true
There is a gene in the arabs that a grey horse can in time change from that to any other color.
karen

Turn-To Fan · Postby **Turn-To Fan** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:11 pm

Is it possible she is rabicano? The picture of her face shows that her blaze has an area of chestnut mixed with white hairs. I think I will cross post this on The Color Corner.

RiddleMeThis · Postby **RiddleMeThis** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:49 pm

karenkarenn wrote:Yes it is true
There is a gene in the arabs that a grey horse can in time change from that to any other color.
karen

No there is not.

Gray's do NOT change back from gray. If a horse is gray, it is gray and will fade to white, or fleabitten. Grays do NOT change back, not even in the super special Arabs.

Linda_d · Postby **Linda_d** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:13 am

Turn-To Fan wrote:Is it possible she is rabicano? The picture of her face shows that her blaze has an area of chestnut mixed with white hairs. I think I will cross post this on The Color Corner.

It might be possible that somebody mistook rabicano markings for greying on the original registration papers, but she had a grey foal from a bay stallion. Unless the stallion was a grey that was mis-registered as a bay, she should be gray.

IMO, that mare just doesn't look like a 30-year-old horse, much less a 42-year-old horse.

Derby Lyn · Postby **Derby Lyn** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:22 pm

I thought she looked pretty darn good for 42. I have never even seen a 25+ horse look that good. Maybe they were given false registration papers with her?

Skipitgirl · Postby **Skipitgirl** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:41 pm

If anyone is interested a horse can look fabulous at an elderly age
This is Beau and I can veify his age, He was owned by our family for 26 years. He was 7 when my dad bought him in 1980 (he was registered TWH and would have been hard to fudge his markings on fake papers LOL)

The first pic is from summer 1984 and the second from the fall of 2006. He was euthanized in November of 2006 due to severe arthritis in his hips at the age of 34.

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g303/ ... orBeau.jpg

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g303/ ... uClose.jpg

Linda_d · Postby **Linda_d** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:05 am

Skipitgirl wrote:If anyone is interested a horse can look fabulous at an elderly age
This is Beau and I can veify his age, He was owned by our family for 26 years. He was 7 when my dad bought him in 1980 (he was registered TWH and would have been hard to fudge his markings on fake papers LOL)

The first pic is from summer 1984 and the second from the fall of 2006. He was euthanized in November of 2006 due to severe arthritis in his hips at the age of 34.

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g303/ ... orBeau.jpg

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g303/ ... uClose.jpg

You are right that he looks very good for a very old horse. Obviously, you took good care of him!

BTW, I bet he had Allen breeding in him. My TWH mare that I had many years ago was from the Allen line and also had high white stockings, bald face, belly spots (3 I think) plus rabicano roaning (but not white at the top of her tail). She was a very bright bay however.

Turn-To Fan · Postby **Turn-To Fan** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:42 am

Beau did look really good for his age, plus he is cute, too!

xfactor fan · Postby **xfactor fan** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:30 am

karenkarenn,

Would you please provide more information on Greys turning back to the base coat color? This is something I've never heard of in any breed. Is it something that only happens in Arabs?

Thanks

RiddleMeThis · Postby **RiddleMeThis** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:20 am

xfactor fan wrote:karenkarenn,

Would you please provide more information on Greys turning back to the base coat color? This is something I've never heard of in any breed. Is it something that only happens in Arabs?

Thanks

You haven't heard of it because it doesnt happen.