Comments on: Horses of History: Doc Bar

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:28:51 +0000

For what reason,stolen herds 1982 & present I.D. theft blood stock grand theft, again 1993, 1996,1997,2004,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2014,2015,2016,2017 ?

By: meems

meems — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:01:35 +0000

also i have a doc bar son, who is registared as a sorrel..he is beddish brown with a flaxen mane and tail, though it was gotten more red as he has aged. he is now 35

By: meems

meems — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:58:55 +0000

i was taught that a sorrel horse was red, or reddish/brown bodied and had a more flaxen mane and tail… a chestnut horse had a red body reddish/brown body and red mane and tail.. in the western world…. in the english world they called almost all red horses chestnuts….

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:31:39 +0000

Actually, both the previous comments have incorrect info. Chestnuts, according to AQHA, are darker, red-brown. Think what most non-stock horse people would call liver chestnut or liver…. Although liver is a color in itself, I use the example to explain that chestnut is closer to that, having more brown. The bright, copper color known as chestnut to hunt riders in called sorrel in AQHA and other stock horse registries. It appears that Doc Bar was listed a chestnut on his papers. A palomino is the result of a dilution gene combined with either of the red based coat colors. Basically if you dilute the red horse you get a yellow one. A horse with a dark body and a light mane is not necessarily a palomino. 🙂

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:57:23 +0000

Hate to argue the “sorrel” comment…chestnut and sorrel are the same….palomino is not. Whether a horse has a red or flaxen mane does not change the base color. A palomino will have a white pearl or platinum mane/tail. Completely different from a chestnut/sorrel. In the east we call them chestnut, out west….sorrel. Still the same.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:30:17 +0000

Good article. I’d like to correct something, however. Quarter Horses are called sorrel when they are red like Doc Bar, not chestnut. Since he was a registered Quarter and not a Thoroughbred, which breed does use the term “chestnut” for red horses, I felt a comment was in order. Chestnut usually refers to a horse with a darker body color and a much lighter mane and tail, such as a palomino. Enjoyed reading about him.