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> Txponygirls said:
>
> >  We have a half arab / half walker cross. He is nine years old.
> >  Never has he had any white hairs anywhere, and now all
> >  of a sudden he is developing white spots everywhere! On
> >  his neck, face, and mostly butt! He does have some on his
> >  back, but the largest are on his butt and neck.
>
> Is he a chesntnut?  Chestnuts (and I hear it is more prevalent in
> Arabians and/or their relations) can get a condition called birdcatching
> (I think), that causes this to happen.  They come and go or sometimes
> they come and stay.  It has a tendency to happen at/around the time that
> they change between summer and winter coats.
>
> I think I have once seen it in a bay as well (but I wouldn't swear to
> it).  I have never heard of it being related to work, soreness,
> scarring, or anything like that.  And I have never heard of it causing
> any problems.  There is a chestnut Quarter Horse at the barn that I am
> at who is getting progressively spottier (although he is getting some
> black spots as well) as he ages.  It is interesting to note, but not
> anything that I would worry about.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.

Sounds like a sabino.  Fairly common in Spanish horses and 
apparently, Arabians also:  http://www.sabinoarabians.com/sabino.html
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Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/

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