Why Are Some Horses Hairless?

Hairless horses do exist, but they are the result of a rare genetic mutation. Akhal-Teke horses are more prone to hairlessness than any other breed. However, there is no such thing as a hairless Akhal-Teke. Unlike in some dogs and cats, hairlessness is highly undesirable in horses. What causes hairless Read more…

What Was The First Horse Car?

What Was the First Horse Car? John Mason, which is considered by many to be the first horse car. On 27-November-1832, a horse-drawn railcar named “John Mason”, built by a young carriage-builder named John Stephenson, rolled down the New York and Harlem Railroad’s Fourth Avenue line. When horse car is Read more…

Which Horse Breeds Can Be Champagne?

Champagne dilution is found in Tennessee Walking Horses, Missouri Fox Trotters, Quarter Horses and related breeds, Miniature Horses and Spanish Mustangs, among others. The increasing popularity of this color is making it more common in these breeds. What horse breeds carry the champagne gene? Nearly all American Cream Draft horses Read more…