What Makes A Horse Grey?

The gray gene causes progressive depigmentation of the hair, often resulting in a coat color that is almost completely white by the age of 6-8 years. Horses that inherit progressive gray can be born any color, then begin gradually to show white hairs mixed with the colored throughout the body. Read more…

Do All Horses Have Nipples?

Female horses (mares) have two teats, one for each mammary gland. They are quite small compared to other animals’ teats (like cows, which have four large ones). What is this? As mentioned earlier, male horses (geldings or stallions) don’t have teats. Do female horses have nipples? The horse has two Read more…