Splash is a Pintabian (Paint x Arab) mare that is absolutely stunning. She is a middle-aged horse that is ridden English and is very, very sweet and gentle. The one thing that makes her not the perfect horse? She is in heat. All. The. Time. :P Well, of course except when the vet comes to see why she's in heat all the time.
Anyway, she's a chestnut frame overo. The characteristics for frame overo include a heavily-marked face, at least one solid leg, a solid mane and tail, no white crossing the topline, and lacy, horizontally-orinted patches. Basically, they're wild colored horses. Also, it isn't uncommon for them to have blue eyes. :)
However, there is a risk to this gorgeous mutation as far as breeding. And because the frame allele is hypostatic to a couple other alleles (such as tobiano), it can be even trickier to safely breed horses of this color.
Here is Splash after a schooling show I went to earlier this year. :)
 |
| Nom nom nom. Don't we all love hay? |
 |
| Pretty blue eye. |
 |
| Here ya go - the feminine version of Hidalgo. :) |
No comments:
Post a Comment