Based on this photo alone...
1) what kind of horse am I on?
2) how do you know?
3) what should the vet pay special attention to on this horse during a pre-purchase exam and how can you tell just from the photo?
1) what kind of horse am I on?
2) how do you know?
3) what should the vet pay special attention to on this horse during a pre-purchase exam and how can you tell just from the photo?
Here’s a further hint...
This was the first correct answer (and first reply—obviously from someone who knows the breed, politely letting everyone else have a go by only answering the question that doesn’t give away the others!)
https://twitter.com/sticktired/status/1401373166019121159
And in here it gets fully revealed:
https://twitter.com/fatherdowling/status/1401418821752082432
Rocky Mountain horses often have a silver dilute gene, which is also associated with MCOA, multiple congenital ocular abnormalities. This horse has an expressed silver gene, making an eye exam appropriate.
Luckily, he passed his. vgl.ucdavis.edu/test/mcoa
Luckily, he passed his. vgl.ucdavis.edu/test/mcoa
And here’s the rest of him—not the greatest photo, he was not into posing after a solo ride at dinner time.
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