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Re: [RC] scratches - RDCARRIEIn a message dated 5/27/2004 12:00:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: A friend has been fighting scratches on the white sock of a very nice Arab gelding. It seems to be cropping up also when he is stressed, and also possibly in the fall..... So leads to the question: why the heck are breeders still breeding for this darn "chrome?" I've never heard of scratches being linked to chrome. Nor have we seen that link. We have 3 geldings, each with white on two feet, and a pinto Paso mare with 4 white legs. None of these horses have ever had scratches. Our only horse to ever get it has been my liver chestnut Arab mare, who has no white on her legs, and she got it only in response to muddy conditions during an extended rainy period. The problems your friend's horse is having almost sound more like some sort of photosensitivity. Dawn in East Texas ============================================================ Common sense should also be a part of the decision making process. If you see someone who doesn't have any, hand them your tool box. ~ Lisa Salas - The Odd Farm ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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