ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Horse color and distance

Re: [endurance] Horse color and distance

Kathy M Bowden (kathy@juno.com)
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:05:16 PST

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996 15:49:45 -0500 loomis.102@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu
(Shannon Loomis) writes:
>hello, own very nicely. I try to avoid greys for several reasons, even
>though I really like dapples. First of all, I can't keep them clean.
>Secondly, te legs tend to get scratches worse (of course, socks on a
dark
>horse are just as vulnerable. Third, sunburn, no explanation needed.

I've never had a grey horse sunburn that had black skin, which most of
them do.

IFinally,
>in the neoplasia course I had last year, every other signalment was
>grey horses. They seem to get every cancer known to horsedom. My prof
>said there is no such thing as an older cancer-free grey horse.
> Well, is 30 old enough?? I've got an Arab gelding that is grey and
just turned the big "30" that hasn't a lump or bump on his bod that
dosen't belong there.

>Any opinions?
>
>Shannon Loomis and Quail Meadow Star (and Quark, the grey emergency
>back-up
>Arab)
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