Rescuing Rusty

Lots of horses have whorls down the underside of their necks. Most of them are small enough that they don’t make a lot of difference. A small whorl will be…

Looking at the forehead whorls on horses is understood and there are fairly basic rules. High shows an extrovert. Low shows and introvert. That much is simple. What happens when…

Sold at auction as a yearling, this horse sat in the feedlot until he was three. Luckily for him a loving family happened to drive by and spot him out…

This mare has a single center whorl. That doesn’t make her simple. A single center whorl only shows that we can’t see any extremes of temperament from the whorl. It…

According to tradition some whorls are bad luck. That is such a broad term. What exactly does it mean? How did someone decide such a thing? I’m not one for…

Every horse should be judged according to their own individual nature. If we look at a horse’s whorl wont it predispose us to judge them based on what we think…

The slightest change in the location of a horse’s whorls can make huge differences in temperament. No where is that more difficult to figure out than in side by side…

This mare has high double whorls. She is in training to help her with some issues her people had with her. Double whorls have a bit of a reputation, many…

I stopped by to see my friend Verla Schear, of Schear Quarter Horses, the other day. She breeds some very nice horses. This one is not of her breeding but…

I had a very big day yesterday. It was a bit of a secret, I thought about mentioning it ahead of time but there was no way to share it…