Palomino is a color breed. This means it can be made up of different horse families but it must be a certain color. Palomino's are a golden color with a white mane and tail.
Palominos are from stock or light horse breeds. Stock horses are quarter horses and thoroughbred. Almost half the palominos are quarter horses, the other half are from different breeding. This includes the saddle horse, thoroughbred, Morgan, Tennessee Walker and the saddlebred.
It is hard to make the palomino color. When two palominos are bred they only make palomino foals about half of the time. The other foals are a chestnut or an off-white color.
There are two types of palominos. One has dark or black skin, and the other has light skin. They all have black, brown, blue or hazel eyes. They do not have stripes or spots on their body.
Marking on the palomino horse are a solid white patch of hair on the head and legs. Leg markings include ankle, sock and stocking. Palominos have five basic head markings the star, stripe, snip, blaze and bald face.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Special Things About Palomino Horses
Posted by Chessy at 5:40 PM
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How many hands is a palomino, usually?
Have you ever read the book Justin Morgan Had a Horse? Reading this entry made me think about that book, which was one of my favorites, growing up.
I have now added how many hands a palomino horse is usually. It is in the Facts about horses post. The third one down.
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