I've been asked to do an investigative project for one of my college modules on anything regarding horses. Since I knew one mare Haflinger that was especially discriminate against both gender Piebalds, I was wondering if this was similar in any other cases and the back story behind it.
The Haflinger I know is at my riding school and has been there a couple years after being bought from someone who bred them in Austria and if she wasn't bought she'd have gone for slaughter since she was surplus.
If anyone has similar cases where their horses discriminate against, or even simply flick their ears back at, either most horses or at specific coat colours more often than others it would be a great help as insight into their psychology behind colour recognition.
The Haflinger I know is at my riding school and has been there a couple years after being bought from someone who bred them in Austria and if she wasn't bought she'd have gone for slaughter since she was surplus.
If anyone has similar cases where their horses discriminate against, or even simply flick their ears back at, either most horses or at specific coat colours more often than others it would be a great help as insight into their psychology behind colour recognition.