>>>> I was always told dappling was a sign of good health. Even by jet black TWH mare dapples in the summer - you just have to stand just right in the light to see it, tho.
I've heard that too, but I really think there must be more to it than that. I suspect that they may show better on some horses when they are in good health, but some horses never seem to show dapples, and some always seem to show them. My old QH never lost his dapples and he was in bad health for the last 5 years of his life. Svertla's dapples don't show strongly, but I could even see a faint trace of them when she was about a "1" or "2" on the 1-10 body condition score. I don't know that for sure, but I seriously think there's probably a color/pigment aspect to dapples that is also a factor. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
