Recently, another boarder and I were discussing dapples, and the different theories behind why horses get them. That got me curious about what other people think about why horses get dapples.
From my personal experience, I feel that they are a result of good health because when I got my gelding, he had pretty severe gastric ulcers. After he was treated for them, he started to get dapples, and he since then, he gets them from spring-early fall every year, and every year they become more prominent.
So, what is your opinion on dapples? Health related? Genetics? Something else?
From my personal experience, I feel that they are a result of good health because when I got my gelding, he had pretty severe gastric ulcers. After he was treated for them, he started to get dapples, and he since then, he gets them from spring-early fall every year, and every year they become more prominent.
So, what is your opinion on dapples? Health related? Genetics? Something else?