White in the eyes
By Edouard Aldahdah
Posted on October 5th, 2011 in General
I want to breed horses that have white showing in their eyes, like human eyes. This is how the eyes of the old desert mares of my childhood and teen age looked like, and this is what gives these horses their quasi human souls. I realized this when I zoomed at the photo of Gulida below, and then I realized that Jadiba, Sahra and Wisteria all had white showing their eyes.
October 7th, 2011 12:47 am
Wisteria’s granddam Organdie had it very obviously, and it was a feature that her owner Frank Hannesschlager appreciated in her very much. Myself, I like having some horses with human eyes and some with all-dark eyes.
October 8th, 2011 11:13 am
I think I just like the horse, and then the clear or pigmented sclera is just an individual difference, like some roan hairs in the coat, or a snip.
October 9th, 2011 12:25 pm
Some people would throw away the horse with the “human eye” ( a rather short sighted vision – I was trying for a pun and couldn’t make it work) and others, as with Jeanne and, I include myself as one, think of the horse as a sum of it’s parts. One generally doesn’t throw away one’s children if there is a preference of brown eyes and you get a green eyed child in the bunch – well, most people do not.
October 24th, 2011 2:30 am
Thank you for your comments on white eyes. I have been wondering what others thoughts are on this.
Do you think if you breed two horses together that have this feature you will get more of this feature? Would you do this type of breeding?
And I “see” your pun Lorriee!