Horse Country Gymkhana IQs

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Color Breed Trivia
Clue Words

camargue

appaloosa

palomino

haflinger

cleveland

POA

albino

konik

knabstrup

pinto


Clue Words again

camargue

appaloosa

palomino

haflinger

cleveland

POA

albino

konik

knabstrup

pinto * POA is Pony ofthe Americas
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always a bay, one of the oldest English breeds, used as a pack horse to the18th century, today versitile use as a good hunter/jumper or carriage horse
B)
traced to a spotted mare circa 1808 Denmark, concentration on coat pattern as opposed to proper conformation lead to it's decline
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congenital lack of pigmentation can occur as a genetic mutation in any breeding, but is also bred deliberately, characteristic pink skin, pure white coat and often pale eyes, subject to sunburn and other problems
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originated in the Palouse Valley of the NW United States, there are several recognized pattern variations; skin of the nose, lips and genital area is mottled, typically has white sclera around the eyes, hoof wall often vertically stripped, thin mane and tail
E)
selectively bred to produce distinct color type of broken patches of white plus black or white plus any other color except black. South American type originated the dark coat with white patches at first thought to result from a recessive gene but now known to be a dominant gene. The North American type originated the white coat with dark patches which also results from a dominate gene
F)
breeding correct color that qualifies for the registry is haphazard but crosses with chestnuts and albinos have given good results, thought to have originated in 15th century Spain though the color is documented hundreds of years earlier
G)
rare breed found in Southern France, called the white horses of the sea, subsist on rough grasses and sea water. Like most white color breeds, foals are born dark and lighten with age
H)
sturdy mountain breed from the Austrian Tyrol, always in shades of chestnut from gold to rust with flaxen mane and tail, which may be shot with grey-cream to reddish brown, often white faced
I)
always varying shades of dun, ancestor of the Tarpan, sturdy Polish farm pony
J)
developed in the late 1950s by crossing a shetland stallion and an Appaloosa mare

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