21 horses that make you look twice [PICS]
Bays and greys? We’ve seen it all before. Stars, snips and blazes? Overrated. We asked you to send us pictures of your horses’ unusual markings — and you didn’t disappoint.
You’d be excused for thinking we’d cast some Photoshop magic on some of them, while others look like they’ve been the subject of an unruly pot of paint…but as far as we know they are all real.
Take a look at these 21 horses with unusual markings and let us know which is your favourite below.
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.