"Colors. The most highly regaraded horse is the black with a star on his
forehead and white markings on his feet.
"Next comes the blood bay with a black mane.
"Then comes the bright chestnut with a red mane.
"The horses of other colors are all placed on the same line, with the
exception of the pied which the Arabs do not ant at all.
The Prophet has said: "If you wish to go to war, buy a horse with a star on
his forehead and three white feet, but that the off-fore be not white."
"The horse with four evenly white feet is like a man who sways gracefully
on walking, the sleeves of his mantle floating in the air."
"The Prophet has said: "If after having gathered together in one place all
the horses of the Arabs, I were to make them gallop together, it would be the
chestnut that would out-distance them all."
"According to these traditions, the black horse has the supremacy because
of the loveliness of his form and his attributes; the chestnut for his
speed.
"The Arabs have this proverb: "If you have a chestnut, use him. If you have
nothing but a poor chestnut, use him anyway."
"Oh! He is blessed, the horse with a star and white socks.
"The Prophet detested a horse with four white socks."
"The horse with a white stripe that does not reach the upper lip,
accompanied by a white off-fore, carries the worst of all auguries and he who
sees him prays to God to spare him from the evil that he presages; he is like an
hour's poison (that which carries off its victim within the hour).
At the bottom of the page is my horse's grandsire MHF Eclipse...who
was a good race horse that sired lots of winners for them. Chestnut, with a
star. His one son that they kept as a sire is Grand Eclipse, chestnut with a
star, no socks..Genuine Monarch and Monarch AH had the star & no socks but
are bay
Sam Tiki...black bay, star 3 socks but NOT the RF. (This is what the
prophet said you should take to war)
So...Seven is bay, with three socks (including RF) and a blaze....
:-P
