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Blue's Page

wpe1.jpg (14721 bytes)wpe4.jpg (13474 bytes)His Pedigree

This is what the AQHA lost by refusing to register him.
The decision is based on his blue eyes and pinkish skin.
His only truly pink skin is under his white markings, as with all horses.

blue-eyed-paradise.jpg (34564 bytes)Blue Eyed Paradise, owned by Natalie Nelson, is the son of two AQHA registered horses, but not registerable himself, because of prejudice against his skin and eye color.  Photo is at age 2. He must have received a cream gene from each of his parents in order to be this cremello color - and they did, indeed, each have one: they are buckskins, "bays with one cream gene." He has mottled skin around his eyes and on his muzzle, and blue eyes! 
wpe4.jpg (28205 bytes)Blue at age 2: note mottled skin around his eyes and on his muzzle, and blue eyes

wpe1.jpg (14721 bytes)wpeB.jpg (11577 bytes)wpe4.jpg (13474 bytes)Blue on 6/5/2000, at 4 years old.
wpe1.jpg (15501 bytes)wpeD.jpg (20310 bytes)Blue Eyed Paradise as a newborn.  Note that he has a solid-colored body punctuated by white markings.  Cremellos are not "white"!

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 His dam, Hellena Will

 wpeA.jpg (12342 bytes)wpe1.jpg (14547 bytes)His sire, Paradise Folly.  He is a grandson and great-grandson of Skipper W.
Here are additional pictures of this (now deceased) horse
wpe4.jpg (21487 bytes)Blue's filly Fancy Owned by Janet Smith of Dewey, Arizona wpeB.jpg (11501 bytes)

Blue's '99 colt Color by Blue owned by Bobbie Houghland
 

 

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