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Date Posted: 23:44:04 10/14/02 Mon
Author: Silvia
Subject: Re: How to Improve Palomino Coat Color
In reply to: Betsy 's message, "How to Improve Palomino Coat Color" on 20:56:36 09/30/02 Mon

Long term the best option is to feed right. Ensure your horse is getting all the vitamins and minerals it needs by feeding good quality feed, providing a mineral block and if necessary a supplement. If the hair quality is poor, adding biotin to the feed can help. A bonus is hoof quality will improve too. These will all take a month or two to show benefits.

Worm regularly, rasp teeth and keep your horse as unstressed as possible. All the above are things that top showies will tell you, are essential to a good coat.

To help improve on the coat, a small quantity of feed grade oil (eg vegetable or sunflower oil) will add bloom to the coat. Regular exercise will also add a bloom, and a good brush each day. This won't chance the colour, but adding shine and quality to the coat can make it look amazing.

From a palomino point of view, remember that the colour develops as the horse matures. If your horse is young (say 2 or 3) chances are the colour is not fully deepened. In winter the colour is usually lighter than summer. A rugged horse will normally have a deeper colour than an unrugged horse. And avoid feeding lucerne unless your horse is getting no green feed from the paddock, as lucerne has a tendency to make the palomino colour more 'smutty' (dark patches). I dont know why, it just does!

Hope that helps
Silvia
http://www.american-saddlebred.net

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