Okay, guys. It's time for me to come clean. I have a very serious addiction..... to flea bitten gray horses.
It's so true though, like the other day we were at my barn and someone showed me a picture of a flea bitten gray for sale, and I was in love. Like I would've bought that horse even though I'd never met or ridden him. *sigh* This addiction is a terrible one to have.
I really really really want to keep this girl but I love you guys so you can have her.
*goes cries in corner*
Lol I was (semi)kidding there, it's okay ^
ANYWAYS,
This'll just be an impress me contest. Prettying up / extras encouraged, must include the criteria below:
Phenotype: Flea bitten Gray with Dark blue dorsal stripe & eyes
Genotype: EE/aa/Gg {I think cx}
Information about Gray Horses for those of you that are interested:
A gray foal may be born any color. However, bay, chestnut, or black base colors are most often seen. As the horse matures, white hairs begin to replace the base or birth color. Usually white hairs are first seen by the muzzle, eyes and flanks, occasionally at birth, and usually by the age of one year. Over time, white hairs replace the birth color and the horse changes slowly to either a rose gray, salt and pepper (or iron gray), or dapple gray. As the horse ages, the coat continues to lighten to a pure white or fleabitten gray hair coat. Thus, the many variations of gray coloring in horses are intermediate steps that a young horse takes while graying out from a birth color to a hair coat that is completely "white."
Source: Here
It's so true though, like the other day we were at my barn and someone showed me a picture of a flea bitten gray for sale, and I was in love. Like I would've bought that horse even though I'd never met or ridden him. *sigh* This addiction is a terrible one to have.
I really really really want to keep this girl but I love you guys so you can have her.
*goes cries in corner*
Lol I was (semi)kidding there, it's okay ^
ANYWAYS,
This'll just be an impress me contest. Prettying up / extras encouraged, must include the criteria below:
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Username:
Show Name {Optional}:
Name:
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.5 hh
Personality:
Phenotype: Flea bitten Gray with Dark blue dorsal stripe & eyes
Genotype: EE/aa/Gg {I think cx}
Information about Gray Horses for those of you that are interested:
A gray foal may be born any color. However, bay, chestnut, or black base colors are most often seen. As the horse matures, white hairs begin to replace the base or birth color. Usually white hairs are first seen by the muzzle, eyes and flanks, occasionally at birth, and usually by the age of one year. Over time, white hairs replace the birth color and the horse changes slowly to either a rose gray, salt and pepper (or iron gray), or dapple gray. As the horse ages, the coat continues to lighten to a pure white or fleabitten gray hair coat. Thus, the many variations of gray coloring in horses are intermediate steps that a young horse takes while graying out from a birth color to a hair coat that is completely "white."
Source: Here
