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Please post any questions/comments on the forum.
If you have a question about a horses color, we will need
the following information:
- A clear, as true to life as possible, photo of the horse
in question. Several different photos showing different
parts of the horse, (especially the head and legs) and different
angles are very much appreciated. We like a profile or conformation
shot of the horse from each side, a head shot, from side
or front (close enough to show eye detail), a leg shot (close
enough to show lower leg & hoof color), a shot from
the rear (to show a dorsal stripe or countershading), or
a shot from above (if possible). The horse should be in
it's natural length coat and the best season to determine
true color is late spring early summer.
- Photos of the sire and dam. We prefer to have photos instead
of registry records because horses are frequently registered
the wrong color. If photos are not available registry records
are better than nothing.
- Breed and age of the horse.
- All photos submitted should be larger in size (no less
than 200 pixels wide) and in .bmp, .tiff, .png, .eps, .jpg
or .gif format. Don't worry about optimizing them.
- If you send a photo that is dark or too small to see the
horse clearly we will probably not be able to give you much
help on determining the color of your horse.
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| If you would like to send us a photo to use
on this site as an example of a certain color or marking please
post your information on the forum.
Please include your Name/Farm name and URL if you have one.
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- Send the photo as an email attachment (.jpg or .gif
is preferred) or
- Send us the URL of your web site where we can download
the photo
- You can also upload photos to one of our photo albums.
- Include with the photo the background color of the horse
(sire, dam, etc.) if known. Photos of the same horse at
different ages is encouraged.
- Please also include the breed of the horse if it is
known
- Please make sure the color of the horse in the photo
is as true to life as possible
- Please don't worry about optimizing the photos, we will
take care of that if necessary, as many photos get severely
distorted due to improper optimization
- Submit several photos of the same horse from different
angles if possible
Please do not send photos that are:
- have dark shadows or are very dark
- very small (minimum. 200 pixels tall or wide) we like
detail
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Please note certain things (if not shown in
photos) such as:
- breed - it is very important that you note the
breed, even if it is a crossbred
- parent's colors - it's helpful to have the parents colors
listed
- does the horse have a dorsal stripe?
- does the horse have markings related to the dun gene (zebra
marks on legs, cobwebbing on face, shoulder stripe/shadow)?
- is the mane and/or tail sunburned in the photo?
- hoof color/presence of hoof stripes
- anything else you think may be important
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Revised April 2006
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