Brindle filly
19 08 2007
I noticed this stripey girl at Heaven Can Wait equine rescue. Not much is known about her except that she’s a Standardbred cross, 1.5 years old and in need of some TLC. (”But Defrost, what’s a brindle horse?”)
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Hey that looks like a clipped bay that has just had a bath and is drying off. Is it really a brindle?
There was a novel I read a couple of years ago that featured a brindled horse which was the first time I had ever heard of it. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen.
Genetics are just so interesting.
“There was a novel I read a couple of years ago that featured a brindled horse which was the first time I had ever heard of it. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen.”
Same here! I just read that a couple weeks ago. It first said a “striped horse” and I was like “What the heck is that?” That brindle SB filly looks like she could turn out really nice though - and she only has a $500 adoption fee. Oh were I in the position to buy another horse…
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