SERIOUSLY cool face markings!!! [Archive]

TrueColours

Jul. 28, 2009, 07:00 AM

What a neat looking pair!

http://www.horseclicks.com/horses/v5m22s/

(I dont have ANYTHING to do with these horses! Just saw the ad and have never seen a face marking like this one before!)

Has anyone seen anything like the black faced one in any other breed before?

Jul. 28, 2009, 07:19 AM

Love that :) It's called a Badger Face. It's not uncommon in the Gypsy Vanners, and is seen in other breeds as well.

Paint (http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/images/horsecolor/oddities/badger_face1.jpg)
Gypsy Vanner (http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/images/horsecolor/oddities/badger_face2.jpg)

It's probably a good thing these girls are too far away from me! :eek:

Sakura

Jul. 28, 2009, 08:46 AM

What a pair those two are :) Very cute mares... and I'm not even a fan of spots ;).

Daydream Believer

Jul. 28, 2009, 08:47 AM

That is cool! I've never seen that before.

My sabino/splash stallion, Wayward Wind, has some unusual facial markings. He has what is called a bald face with goggles.

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_7223.jpg

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_7217.jpg

His colt RE Telluride from this year has quite unusual facial markings also.

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_7421.jpg

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_9658.jpg

spotsinabox

Jul. 28, 2009, 09:01 AM

Cool pictures!! I really like the "badger face" -- never heard of it before!!

Love that baby picture, not to mention my weakness for a sabino!! :yes:

Zu Zu

Jul. 28, 2009, 09:39 AM

WOW !!! All are really over the top :cool: cool !!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

hitchinmygetalong

Jul. 28, 2009, 09:42 AM

Pretty wild. And she had a solid foal. Freaky. Color breeding will always be a mystery to me.

Woodland

Jul. 28, 2009, 09:42 AM

Very nice! Someone could make a living just taking and selling photographs of them!
Good thing they are so far from me as well!

Blonde Filly

Jul. 28, 2009, 10:49 AM

Well since you asked... check out the third photo over on this link of my two girls Start The Rumors and Sunny's Colors...both dual reg APHA and JC TB!!!:D

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/gallery/album42?page=21

Jul. 28, 2009, 11:52 AM

That is cool! I've never seen that before.

My sabino/splash stallion, Wayward Wind, has some unusual facial markings. He has what is called a bald face with goggles.
That tends to happen when you have Splash and Sabino together - Sabino seems to work to keep white off the eyes, Splash trying to put it on :)

Daydream Believer

Jul. 28, 2009, 12:09 PM

Jordana...what do you make of Telluride's, the foal, facial markings? Splash also? He is by Wayward Wind who does carry one copy of Sabino 1. That goggled look is not uncommon in Sequoyah's descendants in our breed. I have had several foals with that type of facial marking now.

Jul. 28, 2009, 02:14 PM

DB, I'm nearly positive it's Splash and Sabino as well :)

I bet you'll find, if you get enough WW foals, that they nearly always have "different" face white. There are a few stallions who are pretty consistent that way - Sempatico is one.

ElegantExpressionsFarm

Jul. 28, 2009, 02:34 PM

That is just too neat!! I have NEVER seen anything like that either!! I would LOVE to have a horse with a face like that!! :D

Guin

Jul. 28, 2009, 02:39 PM

They're both beautiful, but that solid black face - WOW!! They could make a mint loaning her out to movies and calendars!

CATHForums.com

Jul. 28, 2009, 02:49 PM

Some beautiful photos. The badger face is my favorite out of all. So unique.

genevieveg17

Jul. 28, 2009, 03:58 PM

I love that one with the black face! So cool.

spacely

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:07 PM

How cool!

Hampton Bay

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:19 PM

That is SO cool! It reminds me of a picture I saw of an Arabian mare. She was grey but had a bay blaze down one half of her face. It was just the neatest thing.

Auventera Two

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:25 PM

His colt RE Telluride from this year has quite unusual facial markings also.

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_7421.jpg

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/rbefarm/BDL_9658.jpg

This is 2x in one day I've run across mustangs named Telluride. What is it with that name?

http://www.myhorse.com/training/english/the_training_of_telluride.aspx#top

TrueColours

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:27 PM

It reminds me of a picture I saw of an Arabian mare. She was grey but had a bay blaze down one half of her face.

I know exactly which one you are thinking of hampton Bay! I'll see if I can dig it up and post it ...

This is another cool marked face

http://www.angelfire.com/on3/TrueColoursFarm/images/Bullseye_filly.jpg

Can remember her name - I think she'd be about 6 or 7 now. And I have NO idea at all what you'd even call this marking other than possibly a "fried egg marking" ?! :lol:

TrueColours

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:29 PM

Found it:

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/warface-arabian-mare-very-interesting-face-marking-204029.html

First post in the thread ... :)

I'm not quite sure how you'd describe that one either ...

twofatponies

Jul. 28, 2009, 04:55 PM

I LOVE the black-faced mare. If I had loads of money I'd buy her just to look out the window each day and marvel at that face. How cool. And the fried-egg/bullseye star on that filly. What fun!

grayfox

Jul. 28, 2009, 05:13 PM

I've never heard of a badger face horse, it's really cool.

Jessi P

Jul. 28, 2009, 05:16 PM

Wow, neat!!

kookicat

Jul. 28, 2009, 05:32 PM

I love all of these wild markings! I've never seen a badger faced horse before.

ThatScaryChick

Jul. 28, 2009, 05:44 PM

Found it:

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/warface-arabian-mare-very-interesting-face-marking-204029.html First post in the thread ... :)
I'm not quite sure how you'd describe that one either ...

Wow, that is a very unique looking horse.

Daydream Believer

Jul. 28, 2009, 05:46 PM

This is 2x in one day I've run across mustangs named Telluride. What is it with that name?

http://www.myhorse.com/training/english/the_training_of_telluride.aspx#top

Well...it's a westerny kind of name...there is a town in Colorado called Telluride. It is said to derive from "To Hell you ride"...but that may or may not be true. My colt is a Spanish Mustang/Colonial Spanish Horse though...and not quite the same thing as what most people think of as a mustang.

Jul. 28, 2009, 09:29 PM

That is SO cool! It reminds me of a picture I saw of an Arabian mare. She was grey but had a bay blaze down one half of her face. It was just the neatest thing.

Found it:

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/warface-arabian-mare-very-interesting-face-marking-204029.html

First post in the thread ... :)

I'm not quite sure how you'd describe that one either ...

It's a variation of the "bloody shoulder". They're called Blood Marks. They can appear anywhere - butt, barrel, shoulder, neck, face.

StarflowerStables

Jul. 29, 2009, 12:43 AM

That "fried egg" marking on the filly actually made me LOL!!! Really cool though.
And my gosh I LOVE that badger face on that mare....soooo pretty and cool looking!!!

Thanks for sharing TC!!

Tornado Run Farm

Jul. 29, 2009, 02:03 AM

Boy, those ARE seriously cool looking horses - really look striking against that white snow, too. Of course, you couldn't buy just one; you have to have the other one to complete the set . ;)

Very cool; thanks for sharing.

TrueColours

Jul. 30, 2009, 05:03 PM

Okay - not a face marking, but I have never seen a random *bum* marking like this one before!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24553848@N03/3742007106/in/set-72157621624125191/

How very very cool and strange as well, especially with the absence of any other white on his body except for this *splotch* and the minimal facial marking

SGray

Jul. 30, 2009, 05:47 PM

Jul. 30, 2009, 08:43 PM

Sithly

Jul. 30, 2009, 08:58 PM

I know exactly which one you are thinking of hampton Bay! I'll see if I can dig it up and post it ...

This is another cool marked face

http://www.angelfire.com/on3/TrueColoursFarm/images/Bullseye_filly.jpg

Can remember her name - I think she'd be about 6 or 7 now. And I have NO idea at all what you'd even call this marking other than possibly a "fried egg marking" ?! :lol:

Whoa, cool. Any relation to this guy?

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/459124-dr_manhattan_pic.jpg

:lol: