One white foot- buy the horse, two white feet- try the horse, three white feet look well about him, four white feet- do without him.
Four white feet and a white nose- cut off his head and leave him for the crows. Kinda writes off the Budweiser teams then, doesn’t it?
I have heard and read about the whorls- Linda Tellington Jones had a thing in her book about these. More than 1 indicates a more complex personality, 3 or more is going to be crazy. Higher than the eyes is smarter, lower than the eyes is dumber.
A horse with lop ears will always have a kind temperment.
A fun thread!
A lot of those wives tales are considered when purchasing a horse too. A specific breeding wive’s tale I’ve heard the most is regarding first trimester mares - a bitchy mare is carrying a colt, a sweet mare always carries a filly.
I have never found this to be true.
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One white foot- buy the horse, two white feet- try the horse, three white feet look well about him, four white feet- do without him.
Four white feet and a white nose- cut off his head and leave him for the crows. Kinda writes off the Budweiser teams then, doesn’t it?
I have heard and read about the whorls- Linda Tellington Jones had a thing in her book about these. More than 1 indicates a more complex personality, 3 or more is going to be crazy. Higher than the eyes is smarter, lower than the eyes is dumber.
A horse with lop ears will always have a kind temperment.
A fun thread![/QUOTE]
From experience having owned a clyde… the budweiser teams never really getting dirty and having their handlers… as for me… we had to deal with scratches til we shaved all that hair… breeding ground for that…
I hope you are right about the whorls hers are just above center if her eyes and up… so maybe smart (she doesnt show any complexities yet… lol)
And I agree with the lop ears… I have never met one that wasnt a total sweetie…
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A lot of those wives tales are considered when purchasing a horse too. A specific breeding wive’s tale I’ve heard the most is regarding first trimester mares - a bitchy mare is carrying a colt, a sweet mare always carries a filly.
I have never found this to be true.[/QUOTE]
This is too fun!
… My mare has had three fillies in a row… this year she is a total cow… right from the get go… At ten days I said…“yup shes preggers”! Now I say as cranky as she is she is having a colt… It will be interesting in early May…
I’ve never heard of throwing the testicles on the roof of the barn, but understand it having two labs that take sport in eating all sorts of nasty things and then vomiting them up in the house :rolleyes:
What I have heard regarding castrating is if you want the horse to be fast throw the testicles far away as the horse will forever be chasing after them. If you want a slow horse then set them next to him.
Either way, I can be assured our dogs will find them. :eek::eek:
Not really sure if this fits into this category, but someone once told me that the saying “Start from scratch” came from back in the American Colonial times. Supposedly, people would draw a line in the dirt to start a horse race from, hence start from (the) scratch.
What about white eyes or Wall eyes?
I always heard a horse with one “wall eye” or white eye was flighty? What are the old wives tales on that? Or your experience?
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A horse with a white lower lip ( “water over the white” ) will always be lucky.[/QUOTE]
LIES!! :eek::eek::lol:
My WB/Arab has a white lower lip, and he has had the WORST luck in his 6 years on this planet. Just a long series of unfortunate events. Hoping he changes his luck soon!
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Not really sure if this fits into this category, but someone once told me that the saying “Start from scratch” came from back in the American Colonial times. Supposedly, people would draw a line in the dirt to start a horse race from, hence start from (the) scratch.[/QUOTE]
Interesting…I always thought it had something to do with forsaking Betty Crocker cake mixes for the real ingredients :lol:
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I always heard a horse with one “wall eye” or white eye was flighty? What are the old wives tales on that? Or your experience?[/QUOTE]
I always thought that this had some basis in fact b/c maybe they can’t see as well? I have had a blue eyed horse that was a total sweetheart & bombproof, but I have known a lot more that were loopy.
“Blood on top”, meaning in a TB cross, the TB should be the stallion in the pedigree…said in UK regarding local hunter mares, Irish mares, etc. Not, obviously, in th US where the mare base is often TB with WB on top. So, I guess it is a very OLD saying.
“Blood on top”, meaning in a TB cross, the TB should be the stallion in the pedigree.
Most appaloosas, many paints and occasionally horses of other breeds have white scalera (like a human eye). Having dealt with many through the years, I’ve never found them to be more or less spooky, crazy, silly or whatever. Personally I think it gives the horse a very intelligent look.
This is such a great thread!
Refuse to consider how my offspring fit the socks, whorls, lip color lol tales
But re best bedding for broodmares? Why earth :). Both mares chose nature’s way this year…outside:)
This is such a great thread!
Refuse to consider how my offspring fit the socks, whorls, lip color lol tales
But re best bedding for broodmares? Why earth :). Both mares chose nature’s way this year…outside:)
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“Blood on top”, meaning in a TB cross, the TB should be the stallion in the pedigree…said in UK regarding local hunter mares, Irish mares, etc. Not, obviously, in th US where the mare base is often TB with WB on top. So, I guess it is a very OLD saying.[/QUOTE]
Same as I have heard it as “Put the sugar on top.” In this scenario when the breeder wants to refine the refining comes from the stallion not the mare. Same as thing as “The blood on top.” For a Thoroughbred.
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I’ve never heard of throwing the testicles on the roof of the barn, but understand it having two labs that take sport in eating all sorts of nasty things and then vomiting them up in the house :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Now a days the testicles would be full of whatever anesthesia was used in the shots by the vet. Not too good for a dog to eat those. :no:
“Bring the stallion the best blood of his dam”
In retrospect, I think it proabably has something to do with the large heart factor being passed on. But, a good dam line is so important in breeding. If you have a good stallion you want to intensify the bloodlines that got him there.
