Trained Horse

I saw in real life for the very first time today, the 2012 Trained Horse. Our local shop in our tiny town finally got the new schleich's in. It was smaller than I expected but I do like it. I didn't however purchase it 'coz I wasn't completely sold on this particular models paint job and there was only one in stock.

Does anyone have photo's of their 2012 Trained Horse that they would like to share???

I do not yet have the trained horse but its on my wish list since january I also expected it to be more big but it still is a great model If I soon get it i will make some photos

Here is mine.

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I've also repainted one, it was a birthday present for one of my friends so I don't have photo's of that one:

Here's mine. One of my favorites actually, but the color is odd. I guess he is supposed to be grey, but he almost looks buttermilk dun (but no dorsal stripe)

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-Kristie

Kristie, he can be buttermilk buckskin - buckskin horses don't have a dorsal stripe.
At least I think of him this way :)

I think it looks almost like the camargue horse
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Here is mine, but I don't think you can use it
A-J has repainted him. It is the one she talks about above

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who is A-J? because i keep hearing it but not knowing what it means or who it is

Taylcoel wrote:

who is A-J? because i keep hearing it but not knowing what it means or who it is

It's me my full name is Anne-Joke.

Aww... Now there's some lovely horses!! Thanks guys!! Love your pic's! Can't wait to get one of my own!! Great repaint A-J!! Christina, your lucky to have such a talented friend! Coel, he does almost look like a camargue. Maybe it was the same sculpter??

Also, do buckskins not have a dorsal stripe?? Other than dun, what other colours do have a dorsal stripe?? I have a mini horse that is similar colour to the "Buttermilk" Kristie was talking about, And has a copper coloured dorsal stripe.....

Generally, if a horse has dun gene, it will always have a dorsal stripe. These are such colours as dun/bay dun, red dun, grullo, dunalino, dunskin, etc.
Horses which don't have dun gene may have a dorsal stripe but it happens rather rarely.

My Fjord horse, Izzy, is very much dun with primitive stripes, but she has little to no dorsal stripe. You can see a hint of one, but only at the base of her tail. :)

-Kristie

Dun gene causes primitive markings. Most common is dorsal stripe, but not 100% duns have it. A dun horse will always have some primitive markings, but not necessary to be the dorsal tripe.

I show mine as a silvery (not silver) buttermilk buckskin.

Very intersting guys! I'm still confused tho... So buckskins have no dorsal stripe? Or is a buckskin a type of Dun horse?

Katty wrote:

Very intersting guys! I'm still confused tho... So buckskins have no dorsal stripe? Or is a buckskin a type of Dun horse?

A buckskin is a bay horse with a cream-gene. The cream gene is also called "the palomino-gene", but a palomino has chestnut basic colour.

In principle buckskin should not have dorsal stripe, but they often do.
I was helping a scientist writing a book about horse colours, and we had a serious problem finding a buckskin horse without at least some indication of a dorsal stripe.
I have bred Iceys with cream gene(s) for many years, and found that in some lines horses of ordinary colours have a hint of adorsal, without being dun, and in the diluted C-horses this becomes very visible.
My present buckskin mare did not have a dorsal stripe the first year, but now she does, especially during winter

BUT! To make the confusion complete about Buckskin and dun.... In British English both are called dun, togeteher with brown horses and all "muddled" colour horses.

In genetic language a dun horse is " wild coloured", the one with the dorsal stripe, darker head etc. that we know from the Tarpan, Przewalski etc.

Susanne explained it very well :)

The thing is that some buckskins and some chestnuts (and also other not-dun colored horses) show a dorsal stripe. But this stripe is not a true dorsal stripe... The true dorsal stripe involves all the vertebrae, from ears to tail, so the mane and the tail are dark colored because of this stripe (only the central hairs, not all of them, we can see it better in light manes and tails, like Izzy´s). The false dorsal stripe in chestnuts, buckskins... is only on the back and croup of the horse, not neck and tail, so the mane and the tail are not afected by the stripe. The true stripe is caused by dun gene, and false stripe has unknown mechanism.

Cream and Dun are different genes.

Thanks Mangalara, Kristie Susanne and Sylvia! Confusing stuff!! But I understand a lot better now. Yay! I love learning things about horses! Thanks again guys! :)