White Horses With Long Hair. White horses are born white and stay white throughout their lives. This hair helps channel water away from the back of the pastern and heels dripping out from the ergot.
This hair helps channel water away from the back of the pastern and heels dripping out from the ergot. Horses are ungulate mammals with elongated heads muscular torsos thick necks long tails and short hair. True white horses especially those that carry one of the dominant white w genes are rare most horses that are commonly referred to as white are actually gray horses whose hair coats are completely white and may be born of any color and gradually grey as time goes on.
Taxonomically they belong to the family of equidae.
White horses are born white and stay white throughout their lives. White horses are born white and stay white throughout their lives. But when it comes to feathers it would seem there is some genetic advantage protecting horses lower legs from brambles and sharp edges as they move through rough scrubby or rocky country. Horses have evolved for more than fifty million years with the first horse breeds having originated from north america then spread into europe and asia.