About 15% of the Salt River Wild Horses Have the Grey Factor
About 15% of the Salt River wild horses have the grey factor. This means that they can be anything from dark grey, dappled, light grey or white.
However, even when they appear completely white, they are still called a grey, because their skin underneath is black. They are only a “white” horse, if the skin underneath is pink. We have no whites on the river, we have only greys.
Snow’s mother Snow White (who died from mesquite bean colic) was the whitest mare on the river, even though she was a grey. ( lol, confused yet? )
Grey horses are never born grey, but gradually turn that way over time. The way you can tell if they are going to grey out is by their “goggles”.
A grey always has at least one parent with the grey factor. Snow’s Sire is a bay color. (exactly the color Snow is right now!)
Snow is now 2 and a half months old and is very slowly starting to show some grey hairs. By the time he greys out, (at approximately 4 or 5 yrs) his name will make a lot more sense, we promise!
SRWHMG.
About 15% of the Salt River wild horses have the grey factor. This means that they can be anything from dark grey, dappled, light grey or white. However, even when they appear completely white, they are still called a grey, because their skin underneath is black. They are only a "white" horse, if the skin underneath is pink. We have no whites on the river, we have only greys. Snow's mother Snow White (who died from mesquite bean colic) was the whitest mare on the river, eventhough she was a grey. ( lol, confused yet? )Grey horses are never born grey, but gradually turn that way over time. The way you can tell if they are going to grey out is by their "goggles". A grey always has at least one parent with the grey factor. Snow's Sire is a bay color. (exactly the color Snow is right now!)Snow is now 2 and a half months old and is very slowly starting to show some grey hairs. By the time he greys out, (at approximately 4 or 5 yrs) his name will make a lot more sense, we promise!SRWHMG.
Posted by Salt River Wild Horse Management Group on Saturday, September 22, 2018
