Hinny to the action of imprinted genes." A male hinny is properly called a "horse hinny", and a female hinny is properly called a "mare hinny", though in British English both female hinnies and female donkeys are sometimes called "jennets". Hinnies are difficult to obtain because of the differences in the number of chromosomes of the horse and the donkey. A donkey has 62 chromosomes, whereas a horse has 64. Hinnies, being hybrids of those two species, have 63 chromosomes and are sterile. The uneven number of chromosomes results in an incomplete reproductive system. According to the ADMS: "The equine hybrid
Now What (horse) the 1952 American Co-Champion Older Female Horse. Now What (horse) Now What (foaled 1937, in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Her dam was That's That, and her sire was the 1927 American Horse of the Year and two-time Leading sire in North America, Chance Play. Raced by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II, Now What was trained by Bud Stotler and was a champion at two. As a three-year-old, she finished second in the Molly Brant Handicap, Pimlico Nursery Stakes, and Juvenile Stakes. Now What served as a broodmare for Vanderbilt. Her most successful foal to race was Next Move,