Gnomo

Hello everybody.

I apologize for my poor English, and I hope
not to be too off-topic here: I heard that
horses in the UK are considered pretty much
as pets and my question is not very specialistic.

Talking about the "Lord of the Rings" movies,
a friend complained that the wizard's horse is
perfectly white, while it should have been a
darkish silvery grey according to the book.

Another friend replied that it's virtually
impossible to see a grey horse in a
prominent role in a movie, because training
a horse for cinema/TV takes several years,
while a grey coat is a youthful feature, which
will fade to white as the animal reaches
the adult age.

Now, I don't know much about horses,
but from what little I have seen of horse
sports, movies and circus, I don't seem
to recall a truly grey adult animal.

So my question is: do you know of any
horse breed (suitable as a mount) which
could feature a solid grey coat (no white
dots) in adult age?

Thank you all in advance.

--
Gnomo
....any way the wind blows...

Alison

"Gnomo" <gnomo@vizzavi.net> wrote in message
news:bfldl8$fs80a$1@ID-135057.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hello everybody.
>
> I apologize for my poor English, and I hope
> not to be too off-topic here: I heard that
> horses in the UK are considered pretty much
> as pets and my question is not very specialistic.
>
> Talking about the "Lord of the Rings" movies,
> a friend complained that the wizard's horse is
> perfectly white, while it should have been a
> darkish silvery grey according to the book.
>
> Another friend replied that it's virtually
> impossible to see a grey horse in a
> prominent role in a movie, because training
> a horse for cinema/TV takes several years,
> while a grey coat is a youthful feature, which
> will fade to white as the animal reaches
> the adult age.
>
> Now, I don't know much about horses,
> but from what little I have seen of horse
> sports, movies and circus, I don't seem
> to recall a truly grey adult animal.
>
> So my question is: do you know of any
> horse breed (suitable as a mount) which
> could feature a solid grey coat (no white
> dots) in adult age?
>
> Thank you all in advance.
>
> --
> Gnomo
> ...any way the wind blows...
>
>

Hi Gnomo.
your English is very good. I thinkthe best place to ask is on
uk.rec.pets,equestian. They're the experts.
Horses are technically classed as white. They are always called grey
.. There are dappled greys and also roans which have a sort of flecked
chestnut and white coat. Different breeds might vary as well .
Sorry this isn't much help .
alison
>

Marcus L. Rowland

In message <bfpaae$7gd$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, Alison
<alison@XallofusX.fsnet.co.uk> writes
> thinkthe best place to ask is on uk.rec.pets,equestian.

I think that's uk.rec.equestrian
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/
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Gnomo

Thank you Alison and Marcus for your
kindness - I'll try on the other NG.

--
Gnomo
....any way the wind blows...

Pet-Rescue

Alison
: oops , got it wrong. Sometimes people give links for newsgroups that
: you just click on and go straight there. Do you know how to do that ?
....

news:uk.rec.equestrian

Wendy
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