Dappled...

jgrinols · 07-24-2007, 07:02 PM

I'm a bit confused about this. When I got my horse he was a bit unhealthy and never had dapples. Now that I have had him and he's gotten healthy, he has some dappling around his stomach and rear (he is a palomino). Can any horse have dapples or is it a genetic thing? Is it a sign of health? Why would they just develop now?

Sorry if this question is incredibly dumb, but my thread about the silver dapple pony got me thinking about it.

jgrinols · 07-24-2007, 07:11 PM

After some searching on the threads just saw that it is a sign of a healthy coat.

Woot!

Haas Horse Farm · 07-24-2007, 07:24 PM

Yes it is a sign of health and some horses will have it part of the year and not in other parts of the year. This is nothing to do with the silver dapple gene as some horses with that gene do not have dapples! Weird I know... LOL

Silverleprichua · 07-24-2007, 07:46 PM

some horses are naturally dappled but yes dapples are usually sign of good health.

SecretAgent · 07-24-2007, 08:12 PM

my dark bay dapples out in the summer, it's quite pretty

Rising Star · 07-24-2007, 08:48 PM

Like said its a sign of a healthy coat and good nutrition. My bay usually has them all year round, just not as noticeable in the winter. usually if you feed oil or BOSS with their grain your horse will have more dapple.

JBandRio · 07-25-2007, 04:10 AM

Dapples are genetic. Good health may or may not cause them to pop out. A horse can dapple one year but not the next. They may appear on the Winter or Summer coat.

horsesneverlie · 07-25-2007, 08:36 AM

My palomino paint had "dapples" during the spring but they were more like spidering...it was awesome looking. His diet had not changed but he only had those "dapples" for about a month and now they are gone!

royalrox · 07-25-2007, 09:21 AM

it can be from good health but some just come and go randomly too, one year they can have tons then the next none and its usually in the summer...

07-24-2007, 07:02 PM	#1
jgrinols Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 343 Images: 32	Dappled... I'm a bit confused about this. When I got my horse he was a bit unhealthy and never had dapples. Now that I have had him and he's gotten healthy, he has some dappling around his stomach and rear (he is a palomino). Can any horse have dapples or is it a genetic thing? Is it a sign of health? Why would they just develop now? Sorry if this question is incredibly dumb, but my thread about the silver dapple pony got me thinking about it.

07-24-2007, 07:46 PM	#4
Silverleprichua Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 666 Images: 31	some horses are naturally dappled but yes dapples are usually sign of good health. __________________ www.tayloradams.org http://silverleprichuan.deviantart.com/

07-24-2007, 08:48 PM	#6
Rising Star Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,332 Images: 437	Like said its a sign of a healthy coat and good nutrition. My bay usually has them all year round, just not as noticeable in the winter. usually if you feed oil or BOSS with their grain your horse will have more dapple. __________________ Green Bay Acres Boarding and Training Stable Flinting 17.1hh 7yo tb gelding,, the love of my life Proud Member of the Thoroughbred Club

07-25-2007, 04:10 AM	#7
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 22,348 Images: 138 Blog Entries: 12	Dapples are genetic. Good health may or may not cause them to pop out. A horse can dapple one year but not the next. They may appear on the Winter or Summer coat. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

07-25-2007, 09:21 AM	#9
royalrox Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Springs, PA Posts: 3,241 Images: 271	it can be from good health but some just come and go randomly too, one year they can have tons then the next none and its usually in the summer... __________________ You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows The present now will later be past, And the first one now will later be last -Bob Dylan Proud member of the thoroughbred club!

07-24-2007, 07:11 PM	#2
jgrinols Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 343 Images: 32	After some searching on the threads just saw that it is a sign of a healthy coat. Woot!

07-24-2007, 08:12 PM	#5
SecretAgent Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 312	my dark bay dapples out in the summer, it's quite pretty

07-25-2007, 08:36 AM	#8
horsesneverlie Full Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 149 Images: 17	My palomino paint had "dapples" during the spring but they were more like spidering...it was awesome looking. His diet had not changed but he only had those "dapples" for about a month and now they are gone!

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