Horse Economics. Vera Kurskaya

Horse Economics

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HORSE COLOR EXPLORED

Over 150 Breeds,

Types, and Variations

Vera Kurskaya

TRANSLATED BY

DR. MICHAL PROCHAZKA

First published in 2017 by

Trafalgar Square Books

North Pomfret, Vermont 05053

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, by any means, without written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer quoting brief excerpts for a review in a magazine, newspaper, or website.

Disclaimer of Liability

The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book. While the book is as accurate as the author can make it, there may be errors, omissions, and inaccuracies.

Trafalgar Square Books encourages the use of approved safety helmets in all equestrian sports and activities.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kurskaya: Vera, author.

Title: Horse color explored: over 150 breeds, types, and variations / Vera Kurskaya; translated by Michal Prochazka, PhD.

Other titles: 880-01 Масти лошадей. English

Description: North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square Books, 2016. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016024680 (print) | LCCN 2016040655 (ebook) ISBN 9781570767319 (pb) | ISBN 9781570768101 (kindle) | ISBN 9781570768118 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Horses—Color. | Horses—Genetics.

Classification: LCC SF279.K87 2016 (print) | LCC SF279 (ebook) | DDC 636.1/0821—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016024680

COVER PHOTOS:

Front (left side, from top to bottom): Natal Clasi, a Brazilian Warmblood owned by Vivian Hill, Stonybrook Far, photo by Vivan Hill; Painted Patchen, a Thoroughbred bred by Patchen Wilkes Farm LLC, photo by KS Veitch Photography; Twilight Reemarkable, owned by Lisa Estridge, Palisades Appaloosas (www.palisadesapps.com), photo by Lisa Estridge; Zippos Millenium Bug, an American Quarter Horse owned by Heidi Trimber, photo courtesy of Carolyn Shepard; California Champagne, an American Paint Horse owned by Michele Jorgenson, photo by Carolyn Shepard

Front (main): Photo courtesy of Yeguada Paco Marti

Back: Left top photo of PKR Primavera Brio, a Morgan owned by John Hutcheson, Gab Creek Farm (www.gabcreekfarm.com), photo by Laura Behning (www.brookridgemorgans.com); middle top photo by Olga Yeremeeva; right top photo of Aktepel, an Akhal-Teke owned by Amrita Eldine Ibold, Sweet Water Farm Akhal-Teke (www.akhalteke.cc), photo by Amrita Eldine Ibold; author photo by Polina Lurye

Cover design by RM Didier

Book design by Brian P. Graphic Arts | www.brianpgraphics.com

Typefaces: Body set in ITC Franklin Gothic and ITC Slimbach

Printed in China

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Preface

1: Introduction to Horse Color

What Is Horse Color?

Color Terms

Classification of Colors

A Very Basic Introduction to Genetics

2: Horse Colors