Re: Moyle horses
Joyce Kellenberger (joyce@homer.ca.boeing.com)
Fri, 24 Jan 97 16:01:11 PST
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> Someone mentioned that Moyle horses have "horns". Some more information
> on that...my copy of "Hoofprints in Time" (no, it's not for sale, thank you)
> has a chapter about Moyles, and the horns are really quote "knobby
> protuberances over the eyes". They called them 'dragon points'. The author
> states that the dragon points are due to a "throwback to some
> ancestor-mutant, perhaps; however, they could also be due to a long period of
> inbreeding."
> I have to go with the inbreeding tack, though I am not a geneticist, I
> can't think of any other breed, existant or not, that was noted for having
> dragon points.
> Nevertheless, what a neat thing to see-horns on a horse!!!!!!!!!!!
> God help us if someone starts breeding for longhorn horses..........of
> course, then he can hold his own bridle while you are cleaning
> it..............
>
>
Should be getting back to endurance; sorry Steph, but I can't resist this
one . . . . are we talking unicorns here?