So I have recently purchased a new horse, he is dark brown/black..
Does anyone have any tips or secrets on what they feed/wash or do to enhance there black horses coats and darken it??
Show pony die! hehe works very well..Or Globlack shampoo (just were gloves). Im lucky my blacks were always black. Dont feed him livermole. You can also feed him tubes of Copper to help enhance his natural colour, just not to often as you could cause him to colic or stomach olsars. Diets with oil help to, so sun flower seeds,flax seeds or other high oil feeds. Some people say paprika, but ive never tried it...Keep him rugged 24/7. Its so much hard work, everyone wants a black horse until they get one! =P
No its really good for them(magic stuff). But it has an ingridient in it that Enhances Chestnuts, so you will find him looking very sun bleached and red or more on the browner side.. From my expeirence:lol: I know Friesian Studs use paprika, and there always freakishly black..
I have a brown thoroughbred, not black, but he gets close if I work at it
We give him the show safe BaK year round, but that's it. Before shows I like to use Quic Black shampoo.
Here is the before shot (Before we started using the show safe BaK and shown so heavily that we were unable to give him the regular BaK). Please note that I'm aware that he is skinny here.
And the after, a few months later, right before going into winter. A few months on it.
Buy a fly sheet! You dont realize how much they cut the UV light, I had a bay Thoroughbred Filly who I used to keep one on and I took it off her for a week or so and couldnt believe how sunburned she got, also Spray on Sunscreens work well.
Great tips! I have the fading problem with my black mare. She has white socks up to her knees/hocks. What do the supplements to do white markings? Any effect? Thanks!
No affect, some people even use BaK on dappled greys so their dapples will appear more contrasting. If you show, make sure you get the show safe one because paprika will give a false positive.
It's actually mostly for show. Most people prefer black horses to brown ones and sun fading is usually uneven and can look pretty ugly. It's really only a superficial thing.
my horse is stabled 24/7 and if he goes out its only for a little bit of time in the nights, he only gets worked by my trainer in the early hours of the morning and late hours of the afternoon. He is in full show condition and is currently getting preped for the nationals which are next year, im really keen to feed him the paprika, but dont want it to show up on drug tests, how long does it stay in the horses system for and how much should i be feeding him ???
I feed my horse paprika and BOSS but I'll only see the results in spring when he sheds his winter coat. I'm sure his coat will be as black as coal but what I'm really interested in is how long it will actually stay that way.
Keep him covered when in the sun, and well fed and he should glow.
Any high 'energy' feeds, like oils and sunflower seeds will help your cause
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