I noticed that my paint sheds faster on his white areas. Does anyone else’s horse do this? He is chestnut and white. His white shoulder is blowing hair as is his white areas on the hindquarters. His chestnut shoulder and other chestnut areas are barely shedding. Weird.
Yes, they do shed at different rates in the colored and white patches, looking like a relief map.
My little pinto mare did the same thing–white first.
So did the roan…which was particularly interesting! She would get SO dark when the lighter color shed, and then SO light when the dark hairs went. Looked like a totally different horse week to week in spring and fall.
I’m just glad shedding season has begun!
My friend’s paint always sheds his white first. It is so dramatic that his sorrel spots stand up thicker than the white once he starts shedding and you can feel where the color changes are.
Even my non-paint chestnut TB sheds white first - his blaze is always the first to start blowing hair.
My two pintos both have shed the white patches first.
Does anyone have an explanation for why white hair sheds first?
Mine, too!
I have no idea why the white grows in first and sheds out first. But I love the puffy trapunto look they get.
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My Morgan gelding who has approximately 10 white hairs on his entire body (forehead) will start shedding those first. And all the paints in the barn will start shedding their white first. We have one tobiano mare who has that ‘relief map’ look all fall and winter. Pretty funny.
I don’t think my paint mare’s white face ever stops shedding! The blaze faced chestnut sheds her white face more, too.
On my black and white paint mare, the white sheds first.
I’ve had my chestnut and white pinto for nearly 18 years and his white hairs are always the first to come out. I use to think maybe it just seems that way since you can see them better, but no, they are truly the first to shed out. SInce he has Cushing’s - the white hairs also seem to be longer than the chestnut hairs.
Same thing for my sorrel and white paint… too funny! I always wondered why it did that. Interesting that it seems to be the norm.
I own a pinto as well and it’s so weird - same thing, white comes in first/blows out first, and seems a lot denser. My friend grew up showing Paints and said they are all that way. As another asked - anyone know why? And yes, I have white hair showing up even in my horse-free zones - it’s so insidious!!! Lol.
My Appy’s brown spots shed last, too. Looks funny with the short white hair and longer brown spots. 
Yeah, my Paint sheds his white hairs almost year-round. Wonder if it has something to do with the underlying skin color plus daylight?
My “pinto” dog does that too. I think white hairs just shed first on animals in general…
My splash overo gelding’s face and legs always shed first.
My gal does too. White first. So it seems that they pretty much all do; does anyone know why?
