Have you ever wondered what a blue roan is? Or a Perlino? There are more than fifty horse and pony colours and colour combinations!Illustrated paperback.This book - with colour photos - will tell you about all the horse and pony colours and their combinations. It has some stunning colour photos and explanations of the different colour terms. There's a bit of science too, around why horses inherit different colours. And some useful websites for more horse colours and film clips.So, what colour would you choose for your perfect horse (real or imaginary)?
Lesley Lodge now lives on a smallholding with seven hens, two geese, three ducks, a collie dog and an elderly sheep. She grew up in the New Forest, England. Her student holiday jobs included working for a racing stable, a palomino stud farm and a horse trainer. Her long-time ride is Freddie, a hairy bay cob mare with a long moustache. Lesley's first book on horses was Lights! Camera Gallop! The Story of the Horse in Film (2012). Lesley has had several short stories published. Blues to Orange, a story about a farmer ruined by the foot and mouth outbreak, was a Luton Literary Prize Winner and published in Junction 10, a collection of short stories. Because it is Written includes a story about a missing horse and a blacksmith in the 17th century. Lesley has twice been a runner-up prize winner in the British National Short Screenplay Competition and was the Time Out and Jim Beam Bourbon Cult Film Buff of the Year some years ago. Lesley is always looking for new stories or snippets about horses in film or on TV - you can contact her through her website