The Goldstandard Welcome to the Palominos

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Welcome to the The Gold Standard Wonderful world of ome animal species come in just one color. Like dolphins, which are Palominos Sgrey. Polar bears are all white. Some have the same combination of col - ors like tigers or giraffes. But what about other species? We don’t ALL have brown hair? Hi Kids! It’s me Blaze, your trusty Blaze magazine mascot . o you have a favorite color? Most people do! DIt’s human nature. My favorite color is gold! Some scientists who study horses say that we see colors like yellow and gold better than other colors. Maybe that’s why I love gold. Too bad that horses don’t come in all of the colors of the rainbow. We’re usually black or grey, or a shade of brown, or sometimes white, or a combination of these. So imagine my surprise when I learned that horses come in my favorite color too! They’re called Palominos ! Palominos have been popular with horse own - ers for centuries. And not just for their beautiful golden looks. These horses excel in all kinds of riding sports and disciplines. Visit my new friends at the Palomino Horse Breeders Association . They have a lot going on for youth. You can get involved even if you don’t own a Horses come in different colors. Ever wonder why or how? For the same golden one! reason that you may have sandy brown hair, and your brother has blonde. Learn more at www.palominohba.com . Genetics! Hair color is a trait inherited from your mom and dad. Horses are often first described by their coat color rather than by their Gotta Gallop breed. “Oh look at that beautiful Bay and that stunning Sorrel.” As the saying Your Friend Blaze goes, “a good horse is never a bad color.” But there are times when color matters. To be registered with the Palomino Horse Breeders Association , gold is a must!

Breeding horses for a particular color is not just about “good luck”. It’s a science and Palomino breeders are really good at it! It’s important to them because their breed asso - ciation is named after the gorgeous gold color of their horses! Subscribe to BLAZE magazine on page 4!

Blaze News 1 TEST YOUR PALOMINO Blaze Star KNOWLEDGE! Are these statements True or False ?

T or F 1 The light-colored “Dun” horses are also Palominos. T or F 2 All Palominos have brown eyes. T or F White markings are or more than 60 years, the Long Beach Mounted Police from California 3 allowed on a Palomino’s Fhave pranced on golden horses in shining silver saddles in the face and feet. Tournament of Roses Parade each New Year’s Day morning. The riders dress in colorful costumes and wave red, white and blue American flags as they T or F move down Pasadena’s parade route. The mane and tail of a 4 Palomino must always be white. Digging for Gold Game T or F 5 Palominos have dorsal There ’s been a mix-up. Words have been added to each of stripes down their back. these categories that do not belong. Can you help us find them. T or F Careful, in some cases there may be two! Palominos have 6 Color Breeds Shades of Gold Famous Palominos Breeds with pink skin. Appaloosa Copper Trigger Palominos Quarter Horse T or F Paint Gold Mr. Ed Appaloosa Horses and ponies can Pinto Near White Spirit 7 Tennessee Walker be Palominos. Friesian Toffee Black Beauty Morgan T F Palomino Cremello or Thoroughbred 8 Palominos are also Quarter Horse referred to as Buckskins. If Blaze could choose Celebrity 8 + 5 = ______(R) T or F any horse of all time Gold-colored Guest to come for a visit, she 45 – 9 = ______(G) 9 might choose this Thoroughbreds are rare. 3 + 12 = ______(T) T F famous Palomino. or Do the math and fill in 11 x 3 = ______(I) Palominos are a color the blanks to find out 10 2 x 9 = ______(E) breed. 15 13 33 36 36 18 13 who it is!

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D L O G O L L WHAT KIND OF HORSE IS YOUR THERE ARE 10 BEST FRIEND? PALOMINOS G G O L D G D A PAL -O-MIN -O! HA! HIDING IN THIS G D O L O G O PADDOCK OF GOLD! O G O L D O D CAN YOU FIND 10 NUGGETS L O D L D L L OF “ GOLD ”. D O O G O D O L G O G O L G RiDDLE ME THIS... Did You Cross a Palomino with Q: a Palomino and what Know? color of foal will you get? 25% chance Chestnut The lightest Palomino shade is A: 25% chance Cream called Isabella , and the 50% chance Palomino darkest is called Caramel . A Perfect Match! Palominos excel at many sports. Find out what they’re good at with this build-a-word puzzle. Just join the sets of letters in column A with the sets in B for the answers. AB Ran ining Plea mping Ju ching Tr ades Rod ail Par sure Re eo ; : ; ; t : t ; , : i y T F – l t s h r i e - - s i . r t s s , u e c s 4 8 a , ; r , p a t r r o r – ; ; d – g a u , T e o f s s r a a g T S l o T T - r : e n e l e s o G s e o e i , - - n g 0 m u d H e i – e e e B M d 3 7 d o g h l g y r 1 n s l r S n t d ; ; t d w i e a s g i c o n ; k m i a a B i i r e T F a c o g e r u T s e e n r t c e G - - e p p r r a - h r l r e g b s R o T a a R 2 6 n f i p 9 o r l P B a S e P C m l r ; ; R m l o D A u B F u F o A e a e - - H J Q C P F 1 5 C &

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