Animal Farm, part two

Hi everyone! If you missed the first installment of Animal Farm, go check it out now before reading this. Otherwise, get ready for some Paints that truly take flight!

Cooss Painted Cookie might just fly away someday with the lengthy wings found on her side. This 2007 bay tobiano mare resides in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, with owner Kim Johnston.

Kim writes, "On her forehead, it looks like she has an emu or a goose head with a long neck. And on her side, she has a seagull-type bird flying with wings spread!"

Up, up and away!

This little fella might not fly away just yet, but wait until his feathered companion grows along side him before making any permanent assumptions.

"To us, this looks like a duck in flight," writes Shelly Hood of Sneads, Florida, who owns the 2008 chestnut tobiano stallion Lucky Paint By Number with Kenneth Hood.

This last guy may not be much of a flyer himself, but his buddy sure is! See if you can find who's hanging out with Skip The Obvious, a 1999 sorrel tobiano gelding.

Any ideas? Hint: The marking's friend is a flying squirrel from a TV show in the 1960s. Still no luck?

"It looks like Bullwinkle is on 'Rowdy's' right flank," writes owners Ed and Mardi Messia of Blanchard, Idaho.

Paint Cornucopia

As I've sifted through all the Paint markings submissions getting them ready for publication in APHA Connection, I've pulled a few extras to post on the blog. Ready for the herd?

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First up is Miss Dee Jet, a 1993 sorrel solid mare with only one thing on her mind.

"This is Miss Dee Jet from Canyon Country, California," writes owner Christine Glazier. "I always had some questions about my mare until I noticed that 'Snickers' had a question mark looking back at me."

This little city slicker is a cutie! Meet PJ All Star Dividend, owned by Larry Volkmar of Scottsdale, Arizona.

"His right hip has an obvious silhouette of a cowboy with his hat on and mouth open facing 'Levi's' flank," writes breeder Sandi Lamrouex about this 2008 bay overo stallion. "I think it looks like Curly from the movie City Slickers!"

Will this one be on the Paint marking blog? I don't know, Willy Be?

"This is [Willy Be An Irish Max]," writes owner Brandy Fithen of Rayland, Ohio, about the unregistered 2008 black overo stallion. "I think [the marking on his neck] looks like Italy, but my sister says a witch's boot. It could be either, you decide."

I guess 'Willy' will be!

Did you know ...

... that Paint Horses are found all over the world?

While this blog is part of the American Paint Horse Association, the association strives to stay connected with Paint Horse owners worldwide, often by including international stories in publications such as the Paint Horse Journal and APHA Connection, but also through horse shows like the World Championship Paint Horse Show, held in June and November every year in Texas. Last year even coincided with the Youth World Games! Pretty cool, huh?

So here's an international Paint marking just for you. While the spoken language may be different, foreign horses are still the same enjoyable breed as the ones in the United States.

"Hello!" writes Sabrina Freiberg of Triple F Ranch in Hopferau, Bavaria, Germany. "I have a yearling colt who has a pretty marking on his right side. It looks like a horse's head with reins and a mane that flows in the wind."

The colt she is referring to is her 2008 sorrel overo stallion TFR Indios Turbocheck, and the photo was taken at the European Paint Horse Championship where he was shown by Monika Hagen of Haldenwang, Germany.