It has long been fascinating horses with their grace and majesty: black, bay, in apples ... All these horse colors have "wild" ancestors. Miceh horse color - no exception.
A bit of history and legends
Let's figure it out what color the mouse is. The horse of this suit has ash-colored wool with brown tint and is the ancestor of the gray horse.
The “wildness” of the colors is given by a darkened ridge and poorly marked transverse stripes, as well as black legs and a tail. Zoologists believe that mousy horses originated from forest and steppe tarpans.
Previously, such horses were popular among the representatives of high society, because they were rare and had indescribable beauty: they were called "blue", and the wool got blue tint in the sun.
Not without reason, to show Cinderella in the best light at the ball, the fairy godmother harnessed just such horses into her carriage. 
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Suit Varieties
Mousy horse is an apprentice, since there are only four main stripes - it is red, bay, black and gray. Horsemen, explaining what color such a horse has, indicate that it is a savory suit based on a crow. Shades of this liner form three varieties:
- dark - determined by the color saturation of the legs of the mount and the presence of a dark belt on the spine. Usually they are black or intense ash color. It is this color that is considered to be an authentic mouse;
- light - in this color, only a dark belt is observed, and the mane and tail are of the same shade as the animal's fur;
- mukhortaya - This is a rare color and is characterized by the presence of a reddish shade of hair near the eyes, mouth, groin and buttocks. The color of the body still has any of the shades of gray.
Important! The coat color of the mouse does not change the shade depending on the age. There is only a slight change in color depending on the time of year.
Other distinctive features
In contrast to the gray suit of horses, where there is a mixture of white and black hair, the hair of a muscular horse has exactly gray color. Also only this horse has a dark belt along the ridge, which speaks of the wild origin of the animal.
Although the color and has a slight contrast on certain parts of the body of the horse, it still belongs to the same color suit.
Muscular horses in modern times
Today it is difficult to meet a mouse-like horse with a truly “wild” color. The fact is that such a color of horses is determined by a “wild gene”: before a horse of this color, whatever its age, did not change its color, the weather conditions also did not affect it, and in modern times this coloring is only an excuse have a horse of any breed. 
Did you know? The horse "smile" is the so-called Flemen reaction. In fact, the animal does not smile at you, but sniffs at you.The impressive color of such horses makes them a kind of exotic: the racers of this color are often used in various surveys, captured in pictures and described in books.
And this can be easily explained, because such a suit can not leave anyone indifferent.
