User talk:S-Intrigue

Pray tell, what is an "ash white?" That appears to be a colloquialism, I assume you aren't talking about a gray (horse), but might these be cremellos, roans or sabinos? Montanabw (talk) 21:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip. That photo is actually a very light Palomino, which a lot of people call "Cremello," but the dark skin and eyes give it away as a single dilution, a cremello is a double dilute.  It that's gibberish, read the Palomino, cremello and cream gene articles!  LOL!  If the genetics stuff doesn't make your head explode, then go onto dilution gene for even more fun!  The simpler article may be Equine coat color.  It does not surprise me that Canadian horses have the cream dilution, it's not super uncommon in North American horses, so many descend, somewhere from assorted Spanish imports.   Montanabw (talk) 22:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, and if even THAT doesn't make you run for cover, try Fjord horse. They are all basically duns, but each color variation has its own name and no other breed uses the same terminology--and they call what the rest of us think of as a blue dun or grulla a "gray"-- but Fjords are never genetically gray. Figuring that one out almost did ME in!  LOL!  What's ironic about me doing all these color articles is that my personal favorite color is bay!  (laughing maniacally, color genetics aren't driving me crazy, really...)  Montanabw (talk) 22:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You asked about the "8 Canadian bloodlines" and such. Foundation lines are relevant, yes. My advice is to look at some of our stronger breed articles on other breeds and kind of use them as a guide. You can talk about foundation lines, but just be aware that there is a line between history and advertising that one has to be careful not to cross (if all examples died 50 years ago, you're probably safe! LOL!)  Our flagship article, which just went to Featured Article quality, is Thoroughbred. Our GA-quality articles are Appaloosa and Arabian horse. For some other articles that are halfway decent and may be more along the lines of an average article that isn't perfect but moving that way are American Quarter Horse, which we are trying to whip into GA shape, and Morgan horse and Lipizzan, which are breeds with reasonably complete articles. We have some warmblood articles that are pretty good too, I'd start at the warmblood article and then surf the different breeds listed. I think Heavy warmblood is one of the more interesting and best researched. Feel free to drift over to WIkiProject Equine and sign up! Also, while there, take a look at the Horse breeds task force. The task force page has some general guidelines for breed articles that may help (we only sometimes follow them ourselves! LOL!) I guess to sum up, take a look at other stuff, take a shot at what you want to do, if I think it isn't working, I'll go in and wordsmith or cleanup, and if I do something totally goofy, just drop a note on my talk page (faster than email unless you want to discuss something privately) and we can hash it out. I bark a lot, but don't actually bite too bad! (LOL)  Montanabw (talk) 01:10, 14 June 2008 (UTC)