ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: grey hairs

Re: grey hairs

Linda S. Flemmer (bluwolf@earthlink.net)
Thu, 07 Aug 1997 14:30:01 -0700

Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:
>
> > ....She clearly had
> > saddle fit problems, with white hairs on her withers
>
> This may be a stupid question, but what d'you do with a grey horse?
> Do the hairs go black, instead of white for a brown horse?
> Is there any way of telling on a grey horse?

Look at their skin. If they are a tru grey, their skin should be dark.
If there is damage to the underlying area, the skin will turn pink there
(loose it's pigment).

Linad Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
Bruceton Mills, WV

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