Fainting or near Fainting. Rapid Heartbeat â Tachycardia. When the heart beats too quickly (usually above 100 beats per minute), the lower chambers, or ventricles, do not have enough time to fill with blood, so they cannot effectively pump blood to the rest of the body.
If a horse has two copies of Gray, all offspring of this horse will be gray. Research indicates that horses with one copy of Gray often retain some of the original pigment while homozygotes tend to progress to almost completely white. Gray is found in many breeds and is the predominant color of the Lippizaner breed. Gray horses have a high incidence of dermal melanomas that are commonly seen around the tail and head. Over 70% of Gray horses older than 15 years will develop melanoma.
Gray or grey is a coat color of horses characterized by progressive silvering of the colored hairs of the coat. Most gray horses have black skin and dark eyes; unlike many depigmentation genes, gray does not affect skin or eye color. Their adult hair coat is white, dappled, or white intermingled with hairs of other colors. Gray horses may be born any base color, depending on other color genes present. White hairs begin to appear at or shortly after birth and become progressively lighter as the horse ages. Graying can occur at different ratesâvery quickly on one horse and very slowly on another.