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Based on votes cast so far, AP is an evens shot to ride next time
Any astute forumites willing to lay that price
The day AP gets jocked off there will be a blue moon in the sky.
Thursday 11th February 2010, 15:10 Huntingdon he was jocked off Sang Bleu by Walsh – but hey don’t let the facts get in the way of a good rant Fist
The Racing Post have him as a chestnut? He isn’t is he?
I’ve stuck him in as a bay in his TRF fan page.
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He always looks black on TV
Maybe he’s the equine version of the incredible Hulk lol
Haven’t seen him in the flesh but Liver Chestnut would be my choice too, or maybe Brown
Not a Bay as he doesn’t appear to have the requisite black ‘points’, mane and tail
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Or puce, (when he sees AP approaching)?
Denman’s sire and dam are both non-true-breeding bay/browns.
His chestnut genes come via Presenting’s dam d’Azy, and from
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of his dam’s parents (but not both – chestnut is a recessive gene).
He’s very definitely a liver chestnut when you see him in the flesh. It’s my favourite horse colour.
I was quite surprised to see Poquelin is registered as black – I know that there aren’t many of them but he does look brown to me!
Defintiely a Liver Chestnut
In horses, "liver chestnut" is a term used to describe a chocolate-colored chestnut horse. A liver chestnut is the same genetically as a regular chestnut, but the shade is a dark brown rather than the reddish or rust color more typical of chestnut
Defintiely a Liver Chestnut
In horses, "liver chestnut" is a term used to describe a chocolate-colored chestnut horse. A liver chestnut is the same genetically as a regular chestnut, but the shade is a dark brown rather than the reddish or rust color more typical of chestnut
Useless information time from Bob: All Suffolk Punch horses are chesnut in colour (it is spelt without the first "t") of which there are 7 shades one of which is Liver.
Some more "useless" info!!!
Chestnut ranges from a very light wishy washy shade through golden chestnut to liver and plum – the latter can look almost black. Chestnuts have a mane and tail the same colour as their body or flaxen (like straw colour).
Bays also vary in shades of brown from light bay to dark bay but their mane/tail is always black and their legs to just over knees and hocks are black too.
Blacks are black all over (can have white socks etc – like any horse colour) – many horses are incorrectly described as black when they are in fact brown – look at their muzzle area and between the muzzle and round eyes -blacks have black muzzles and browns have brown on the muzzle area. True blacks are still quite rare.Chesnuts are part of a horse’s anatomy too aren’t they?
Could someone remind me what and where they are?
Also do horses actually eat conkers or is Horse Chestnut simply a pejorative term to signify they’re ‘bad’ in comparison with Sweet Chestnuts
Some may recall a horse called Concer Un which I believe is Welsh for ‘brown one’
This is one of the reasons I thought Poquelin was brown; I took a few pics of him at the Paddy Power and he has a brown muzzle but is registered everywhere I can find as black. But if you put him next to Gwanako (b/br), they could be twins!
Do black horses have to have blue skin (which is what I was told years ago)?
Chesnuts are part of a horse’s anatomy too aren’t they?
Could someone remind me what and where they are?
Also do horses actually eat conkers or is Horse Chestnut simply a pejorative term to signify they’re ‘bad’ in comparison with Sweet Chestnuts
Some may recall a horse called Concer Un which I believe is Welsh for ‘brown one’
A horse’s chesnut is the horny bit on the inside of both front legs. Have never got close enough to look at the back but I don’t think they are there. I have never heard of them eating conkers, but the name might derive from the horseshoe shaped indentation to a branch when a leaf drops off.
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