Colours

[stevielee]

I'v been researching horse breeds. On some of the breed information under colours it says any whole colour and then on others any solid colour. What is the difference if there is any?

[chev]

No difference at all. It basically means that 'broken-coloured' horses (tobiano, overo and so on) that most of us know as piebald and skewbald are not accepted for registration. :)

[SA rider]

Hi Stevielee

How is your research going? I'm interested myself in looking at horse breeds because I've always wondered about the origin of our horses in the Falkland Islands (I'm from the Falklands). I think they were mainly imported from South America - the criollo horses and then the breed was crossed with Argentine thoroughbreds to produce what we have today. Do you or anyone else know about criollos?
Incidentally in the Falklands we still use words that came from Chile/Argentina gauchos (cowboys) to describe names for horse colours - a bay with a white blaze is Sino Malacara.
Good luck with research

[stevielee]

Thanks chev. SA Rider have PMed you

[K.T]

Here are pictures of my Criollo from Argentina, he was a Gouchos horse herding cattle till I bought him in April.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa136/katieclare_photos/IMG_1094new.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa136/katieclare_photos/IMG_1763.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa136/katieclare_photos/IMG_1685.jpg

[Denbenj]

Ohh KT hes lovely!