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Dominant white Thoroughbred stallion

A white horse is born predominantly white and stays white throughout its life. A white horse has mostly pink skin under its hair coat, and may have brown, blue, or hazel eyes. "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. Gray horses may be born of any color and their hairs gradually turn white as time goes by and take on a white appearance. Nearly all gray horses have dark skin, except under any white markings present at birth. Skin color is the most common method for an observer to distinguish between mature white and gray horses.

White equines

Mythology and symbolism

  • White horse (mythology)
  • White Horse of Hanover, a military cap badge, first granted by King George in 1715 to the 101st Grenadiers
  • White horse of Kent, a heraldic symbol

Equine coat colors

  • White (horse), about the range of horses mostly lacking in pigmentation
  • Dominant white, the genetic mechanism that produces horses born with both white or mostly white hair and skin color
  • Gray (horse), most common white horse hair coat color; foals are born dark and hair lightens until it becomes white at maturity
  • Lethal white syndrome, a fatal genetic condition where foals homozygous for the gene are born with a white coat and skin, but also an underdeveloped colon and for that reason cannot survive, heterozygous foals live and exhibit the frame overo color pattern
  • Sabino horse (SB-1), a genetic mechanism different from dominant white that also sometimes produces a horse that is white from birth

People

  • White Horse (chief), died 1892, a chief of the Kiowa nation
  • Logan Fontenelle, 1825–1855, a.k.a. Chief White Horse, a chief of the Omaha nation
  • Chief White Horse (a.k.a. Whitehorse), Native American actor; portrayed Geronimo in Stagecoach (1939 film)

Places

Cities, villages, towns

Geography, landscape and architecture

  • White Horse Bluff (Whitehorse Bluffs), volcano in British Columbia, Canada
  • White Horse Bridge, Wembley, England
  • White Horse Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, USA
  • White Horse Stone, two megaliths near Aylesford, Kent, England
  • White Horse Tavern (disambiguation)
  • White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China

Hill figures

A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology.

Arts and entertainment

Literature

  • The Ballad of the White Horse, a poem by G.K. Chesterton
  • White Horse Dialogue, a philosophical dialogue by Gongsun Longzi
  • The White Horse in the Apocalypse (1758), a book by Emanuel Swedenborg

Music

  • White Horse (album), a 1974 album by Michael Omartian
  • Whitehorse (band), a Canadian folk rock band
  • Whitehorse (album), a 2011 album by Whitehorse
  • "Ride a White Horse", a 2005 song by Goldfrapp
  • "White Horse" (Laid Back song), a 1983 song by Laid Back
  • "White Horse" (Taylor Swift song), a 2008 song by Taylor Swift
  • "White Horse" (Jessica 6 song), a 2011 song by Jessica 6
  • "White Horse", a 1993 song by Kilo Ali
  • "White Horse", a 2008 song by Sarah McLeod

Statues

  • The White Horse at Ebbsfleet, Kent, England, a proposed gigantic sculpture

Theatre and screen

  • White Horse (film), a 2008 documentary film by Maryann DeLeo
  • The White Horse (series), a 1993 Russian television series
  • The White Horses, a 1960s television series, which had a theme tune of the same name sung by Jacky

Transportation

  • HMCS Whitehorse, a ship of the Canadian Forces
  • White Horse, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
  • U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey, locally known as the White Horse Pike

Other

  • White Horse Prophecy, a Mormon prophecy
  • White Horse (military), nickname for the South Korean army's 9th Infantry Division
  • White Horse (whisky), blended in Scotland, UK
  • 1923 FA Cup Final, known as the White Horse Final, a football match
  • Knight (chess), sometimes called white horse, a piece in the game of chess

See also

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  • The White Horse Inn (disambiguation)
  • White knight (disambiguation)
  • When a white horse is not a horse, a paradox in Chinese philosophy

Famous white horses

Many famous horses, past and present, were alleged to be "white" by observers, but were actually grays with hair coats turned fully white. Likewise, most white horses used in movies are actually grays, in part because they are easier to find.

However, there are a few truly white horses who were used in film. One of the best-known examples was "Silver," ridden by the Lone Ranger, a role actually played by two different white horses. At least one horse who played "Topper," ridden by Hopalong Cassidy, was also white. Another famous white horse is Yukichan, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Kanto Oaks at Kawasaki Racecourse.

Images for kids

  • White-horse-with-pink-skin-dark-eyes-IMG 1282

    True white horses have pink skin and white coats, and many have dark eyes, as here.

  • Yukichan 20080427P2

    This white Thoroughbred carries W14, one of the forms of dominant white.

  • WeißgeborenerAppaloosa

    This "white-born" or "fewspot" Appaloosa foal has a mostly pink-skinned white coat.

  • Cabalo044eue

    This horse is gray, not white. Its hair coat is completely white, but its underlying skin, seen around the eye and muzzle, is black.

  • Ivory Champange

    This "Ivory Champagne" foal has both cream dilution and champagne dilution genes, shown by DNA testing as well as visibly semi-pigmented, rosy skin and a cream-colored coat that can be mistaken for white. This same hair coat shade would be considered cremello if the horse had double cream dilution, but still would not be white.

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