Brindle Horse Color
Why the Shade is ExceptionalBrindle color is so rare that you might describe the occurrence as “once in a blue moon!” The earliest documented brindle horse dates back to the early 19th century. You’ll find a preserved Russian cab horse with a brindle coat on display when you visit the Zoological Museum of Academy Sciences.Experts guess that the color streaks come from two distinct sets of DNA which appear in just one animal. In some cases, foals may inherit their parent’s coat but there’s just no telling for sure on which gene (if any) is the actual culprit for the strange color combination. If you want to know more about this guess, then you should definitely read up on chimerism. Where to Look for StripesThe coat is quite easy to imagine even when you’ve never seen the actual horse. Think again of tiger stripes. A brindle horse coat has many irregular stripes that run in a vertical direction in the animal’s body and a horizontal direction around the animal’s legs. Some equine animals have dorsal stripes too – meaning that you can spot the stripes at the back. For most horses though, the easy-to-spot tiger stripes are found mostly in the shoulder, neck and hind areas. The legs and head are seldom brindle.Brindle horses can be registered with the American Brindle Equine Association (ABEA), a registry that has been formed to document, record, preserve, and promote the brindle characteristic in horses, donkeys, and mules. Horses, donkeys, and mules of all sizes are accepted by this registry including ponies and miniatures. No equine exhibiting zebra breeding will be registered with the ABEA, however chimeric and mosaic horses shall be accepted so long as they possess a brindle pattern. More information about brindle horses, or to find brindle horses that are for sale, check out this website from Just a Splash of Brindle Horse Farms.
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