>>>> My other palomino Icey, has no white areas whatsoever & complained with every saddle until the Sensation/equine chiro found some issues with some of the saddles which we immediately stopped using..go figure.
My two main riding horses over the years have both been palominos. I honestly don't know how you can say the horse does or doesn't have any white hairs in the saddle area. Sundance was darker than Sina, but both had dapples, making for some odd color patterns. And, if you look at any palomino coat carefully, you'll see that there is almost a roan-like pattern of whiter hairs interspersed in the golden hairs. And, not even considering the "roaning," I see some subtle patterns on Sina that don't seem literally explained by dapples ... I'm sure you could see horribly big white patches on a palomino, but lesser patches, I sure wouldn't bank on. Sundance never had any noticeable white patches in his saddle area...but man oh man, did that horse have some SERIOUS muscle atrophy on his back. If only I could go back and live my life with him again. He probably never had a really well-fitting saddle in his life, but I only remember one saddle that made him complain. There was a really cute palomino Icelandic at the Liz Graves clinic a few weeks ago. The rider was a very conscientious-type owner, and she was so afraid that her Icelandic was getting white hairs on his back from her saddle. I stared and stared, and we asked several others to look at his back too. I was never convinced that there was any saddle-related discoloring on his back. I honestly think the coloring was just natural for him. That's why I often comment on the white hairs that I KNOW aren't saddle related. Don't get me wrong, I think it's WONDERFUL that more people than ever are concerned about saddle fit and are looking to do the best they can by their horses. But, sometimes I'm afraid the trend is going too far. Gosh, I hate to see people dropping perfectly good saddles - maybe for something much worse - for reasons that may not even be saddle-related, or for white hairs that might have been induced years prior, by saddles long abandoned. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
