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Re: Rocky Mountain Horses



Rachel A. Boyce rhammond@students.uiuc.edu
They would be good horses except that a HUGE percentage of them develop cataracts and other eye problems at a very young age (2year olds and under) due to the inbreeding required to produce the beautiful coat colors (linked genes).  If you can find an older one that has no eye problems AND get a veterinary ophthalmologist to examine the horse and declare it healthy, you may get a good trail horse.  Otherwise, I wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole.  Good Luck,

Rachel Boyce (a lowly vet student who thinks RMH are very pretty but lots of trouble :-) ).

P.S. Equus did an article on these guys not that long ago if you want to read up some more. R



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