I thought all the discussions
about horse color were rather academic, until last night. I wasn?t able to get
out on our training ride until after 4PM and went further than I should have.
Visibility wasn?t too bad until we got to a section of narrow, downhill,
switchback single track trail through a dense stand of Fir trees around 8PM.
As hard as I tried I could not see ANY definition of ANYTHING on the ground or
down the trail. I gave Jimmy his head and he did the ?marble rolling? nose on
the ground thing. I wondered if he was feeling the trail with his whiskers! Is
there such a thing as horsy radar? The advantage of a grey horse in this
situation is I got to see a faint glow of his neck and head so at least I knew
which way was down. On a Bay or Chestnut it would have been like floating in
deep space. ?Beam me up Scotty?.
Dean and Jimmy (who wants to know
what you should call a horse that is brown and green on the sides/top, with
white legs and belly ? Appayuka or Palosplotcho?)
