Christopher Performance Horses     |   home International Offspring   |   2007 HONOR ROLL   |   Tobiano and coat color genetics article is presented here for your information by Maureen Christopher   |   This color chart and color definitions are presented here for your information  by Maureen Christopher.   |   email form   |   DID YOU KNOW?????   |     2003 SHOW STRING   |   action king   |   amaretto DID YOU KNOW????? THIS PAGE IS FOR HINTS AND HELPFUL INFORMATION. THESE THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED DURING OUR 25 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO YOU, AND MAYBE YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THEM. WE ARE  STARTING WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE FEEL ARE IMPORTANT, AND WILL ADD MORE AS TIME ALLOWS. 1. THE SOFT SIDE ( THE SIDE THAT BENDS EASIEST) ON A HORSE, IS ALWAYS ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE NATURAL MANE. 2. IF SHIPPING TO A MARE, OR EVEN FOR BREEDING AT HOME, IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT MARES ARE CONSISTANT IN THEIR FOLICLE SIZE. IF YOUR MARE OVULATED FROM A 45mm FOLICLE LAST YEAR, ON HER RIGHT SIDE, AND SHE IS PRODUCING A FOLICLE ON THAT SIDE THIS YEAR, SHE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS GO TO AT LEAST 45 AGAIN. IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO ORDER SEMEN AT 35mm, AND UNLIKELY SHE NEEDS TO BE BRED FOR AT LEAST 2 DAYS. 3. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HORSE WHICH IS HOMOZYGOUS FOR THE ROAN GENE. THIS WOULD BE A TRUE LETHAL, ABSORBED EARLY DURING PREGNANCY. 4. TWO BLUE EYED HORSES, WHEN MATED, WILL ALWAYS PRODUCE A BLUE EYED OFFSPRING. 5. TYING UP THE AFTERBIRTH IMMEDIATELY AFTER FOALING, WILL HELP A MARE TO CLEAN QUICKLY, MAKING IT FAR MORE LIKELY TO GET HER TO SETTLE ON HER FOAL HEAT. IT IS EASILY TIED INTO KNOTS KEEPING IT AT OR ABOVE HOCK LEVEL. 6. A FOAL IS NOT BORN AFRAID OF HUMANS. IT LEARNS THIS FROM IT'S DAM AS SOON AS IT STANDS AND NURSES. IF YOU WATCH YOUR MARE, SHE POSITION HERSELF BETWEEN YOU AND HER FOAL WHEN EVER YOU APPROACH HER BABY. SHE IS TEACHING HER FOAL TO AVOID YOU, WHICH HE WILL QUICKLY DO WITHIN HOURS. 7. PREDATORS EYES ARE POSITIONED IN THE FRONT OF THEIR HEAD, WHILE PREY ANIMALS EYES ARE ON THE SIDE. IS IT ANY WONDER THEN THAT HORSES (EYES ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD) FEAR US (EYES IN THE FRONT). IT IS INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR, BUT CAN BE OVERRIDDEN WITH TIME. 8. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ALBINO HORSE. THOSE HORSES OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ALBINO, ARE MOST OFTEN CREMELLO (HOMOZYGOUS PALOMINO).