It’s Not Photoshop, It’s Metallic Horses
In doing my research for the horse color posts, I discovered that there are some horse colors that actually have a metal-like sheen to them.
It’s All Genetic
Usually associated with the champagne dilution gene, which is rather new and rare in the world of horse genetics.
Generally this gene is found in warm weather horses (who have thin skin and fine fur over their bodies), and is a trait most often found and displayed in the Akhal Teke breed.
One of my new favorite breeds, the Akhal Teke is the subject of all of these images (they were all I could find with metallic coats).
Enough words, here are the pictures
Metal Horse Colors
Really, there was no trick photography, no photoshop, these horses actually glow like they were metal.
Be sure to learn more about horse colors.
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The Akhal Teke is a very beautiful horse. But did you know that the reason they have that metallic shine is because they are very rarely unblanketed. They are blanketed in wool blankets year round day and night. Often they wear multiple blankets even on the hottest of days.
Actually the sheen results from the nature of the hairshaft. It is hollow and thus refracts light. It is a genetic trait of the Akhal Teke breed.
Akhal Teke Horses are born with this to help defelct sunlight ( or so it says) but they are gorgeous horses with a very pretty light surrounding them from the glow of their marvelous coat sheen