Now with DNA testing as this e-book explains, it is possible to test horses to see what genes and factors they carry and which are being expressed or dominant, and not expressed or recessive. This series includes Appaloosas, black, palomino, paint, zebra dun coloured horses. In Ireland we did not have Appaloosas when I was growing up, but I read Fabulous by Dorothy Benedict, part of a three-book series which I later acquired in full. I love horses and have long been interested in coat colourations. The strong, beautiful images played a large part. This book captivated me - literally, since I meant to just glance at it and read it later, but ended up reading from start to finish. This has to be the best book on learning how to identify a horse by its color I have ever seen on horses (yes, I have seen other horse books – remember I grew up around horses) For the uninitiated, you will learn that names like piebald and flee-bitten are not bad words. You might consider becoming a horse makeup artist if you have ever wanted to get into the movies. The number of movies and TV programs she uses to identify different types of horse is as impressive as the way she uses the movies and human stars to paint a more complete picture of horses than I could have imagined possible.Īs fun side notes: 1. Using the color of the horse as her basic palate the author goes on to give descriptions and the psychological impact of those attributes on us as we see those horses in movies and on TV.

She writes in a clean straight forward manner using details and examples from everyone’s common experiences to make the information real and relevant. The author, Lesley Lodge, has an excellent understand of the surprising intertwining’s of colors in horses and their significance. the impact of those colors on their owners and people seeing the horse is quite dramatic. Not only do different breeds with their physical characteristics and personality traits have specific colors. I have never thought about how a horses color has such impact. Yet, with all of that I really didn’t know half of what I learned in this book about the fascinating world of the colors (colours) on horses. My grandfather could be trusted to drive with both hands because he never got comfortable with cars but could literally make a rope sing while spinning lassos and loops. I grew up in the farming communities of central California where horses were a part of life’s traditions.

Horse and Pony Colours by Lesley Lodge