> I'm still not very good about conformation stuff, as you know from
> experience.    Tilly looks to me to be a sort of Quarter-Horse type
> but I think she's the local equivalent.  I don't know beans about the
> history of what horses were taken to Australia and New Zealand,
 
I know a very little about the horses down under.. 
 
>  but if
> they had cob-type horses and TBs, then they could have arrived at the QH
> type the same way we did in the US, right?  So it's possible if the color
> is found in TBs it could have gotten there that way.
 
Well I know Autralia has Quarter horses down there.. and also appies, paints, 
etc..  so you never know. Even some of the TB's just look like Quarters. 
 
 
> Yes, I remember the 'dapple queen' picture quite well.  It's time for me
> to dig out the picture box and 'visit' with everybody again; I haven't
> looked at my Equus echo pics in a long time.
 
Wellllll we aren't getting the dapple queen this year.. she's going light at 
a startling rate. So is Tush.. in fact Tush has more dappling then CJ does 
right now.
  
 
>> Some lighter Palomino's are what I'd call Cremello's in
>> the winter. If I'd been asked to "judge" them as an inspector
>> way back then.. I would have never registered them, but
>> offered the owners advise about the color variations and
>> some tricks to get the coat darker more legitimate for registration.
 
> I'm not quite sure about the shooting schedule for Xena, but I would
> guess they wouldn't be shooting outdoors in their wintertime.  So I doubt
> I would have much video showing Tilly's winter coat, but from the way
> Renee was describing it, it sure sounds like it's Cremello or close to
> it.
 
No idea.. I watched TV while I was sick a week or so ago.. but sorry.. I 
can't deal with "those" shows. ;)
 
 
> By the way, another good TV show for kids who like to watch for the horse
> character is The Adventures of Brisco County, which is running on TNT on
> Saturday mornings.  Comet even has his own billing in the credits at the
> beginning of the show.  Now *that* horse is a real ham.
 
So is Tush.. man she was a charactor tonight! Had to be in the middle of 
attention. ;)
 
Tried to lip my ear at one point (got whacked).. went to "groom" a friend the 
next moment.. never stopped. ;)
 
 
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