Is it only Paints that have blue eyes or can any breed have them? The only horses I've seen with blue eyes are Paints so I was wondering if it was a breed thing. Thanks! =)
Someone try to get CloudsMystique to partake in this thread. She has a horse that's not a paint, nor does the horse have any pinto markings, other than blue eyes
I believe so. My friend has a solid black minature pony with a white stripe and he has 2 blue eyes. He has no painted lineage. I think he is gorgeous when he doesn't have all his fuzz
Blue eyes are also a trait of the splash white pattern-- splash is found in many breeds besides paints/pintos-- in its minimal form it makes face/leg markings that wouldn't be considered paint/pinto, but in its more highly expressed for it can cause belly/body white that would be considered paint/pinto.
Here is a registered Appaloosa mare who has minimal Splash (IMO) and has 2 3/4 blue eyes. She produced a couple of foals which also had blue eyes, but she never produced foals with pinto markings.
There is a horse at my barn with a blue eye, he is a purebred Cheval Canadien, so no paint or appy in his background. Of over seventy horses, he is the only one with a blue eye. The sad thing is, he has a cataract on it and might go blind in that eye.
There is also a mare with an eye that looks blue because she has glaucoma and is completely blind in that eye.
There is a horse at my barn with a blue eye, he is a purebred Cheval Canadien, so no paint or appy in his background. Of over seventy horses, he is the only one with a blue eye. The sad thing is, he has a cataract on it and might go blind in that eye. View attachment 29121
There is also a mare with an eye that looks blue because she has glaucoma and is completely blind in that eye. View attachment 29124
I have a neighbor that had an app stallion she bred the three mares, and two of the three foals had one blue eye (I ended up w/ the one w/ two brown eyes).
Ponyboy: I think masatisan knows it's not really a blue eye, i think she was just giving an example of an eye that is blue due to glaucoma incase someone confused it with a true blue eye.
Oh, yes - blue eyes can show up in almost any breed, although they're rare on horses that are neither pinto nor double dilute.
My mare is solid and has two blue eyes. Her dam is chestnut with a stripe and her sire is black with a star. Neither have any leg markings. She doesn't have a pinto in her pedigree, except for a few sabinos. She tested negative for sabino1.
What's weird is that she has a full brother with the EXACT same markings as she has... same eyes, same facial markings, even the same leg marking on the exact same leg.
Here's a picture of her:
This pony's right eye is blue (sorry, I don't have a picture of it) and he's 1/2 QH and 1/2 Shetland:
Here's another solid horse (mostly - if not completely - Haflinger) with two blue eyes:
I think maybe a geneticist will figure it out in the future.
Clouds Mystique posted above the maximum expressed sabino arabian stallion RFR The Iceman(I LOVE him btw ) If you are interested, here is a link to more photos of him. He's quite exotic looking. Iceman
There is also another purebred arab stallion named Moonlight money maker. You can see him here: Page Title
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