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The undercard features Gotham's All-Borough team, the Wall Street Traitors, who look to extend their undefeated 2012 run. The SufferJets from Ithaca defeated the Traitors last September in an abbreviated 30-minute bout; will the Traitors get their revenge?
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While many wedding cake toppers feature the traditional styling of a modern bride and groom, some couples prefer cake toppers with a distinct vintage or retro look. Others like more of an abstract wedding cake topper, where the figures aren’t two realistic figures but a porcelain statue evoking the image of a bride and groom. Some couples may choose wedding cake toppings with an artsy appearance and feel to them.
Fondant: This is a commonly used icing for wedding cake. Why? Well, it's not because of it's taste, that's for sure. The reason fondant icing is commonly used is due to the fact that it's the best icing for creating & maintaining gorgeous wedding cake decorations & designs.
For something different have a personalized topper made in your own images. Send the model maker a photograph of the two of you and maybe one of your wedding dress if you want your model to be wearing a replica of your dress. They can then produce a model that's as individual and unique as you are. This style of topper also makes a wonderful souvenir of your wedding.
The important part of getting the best wedding cake for a wedding is to know where to find a good best wedding cake. There are a lot of cake shops to choose from, and picking the right one must be done right in the beginning.
The basic thing about cake decorating that every enthusiastic baker should have an idea about is the style called layering. Although some people might consider layering a cake to be too over-the-top like a wedding cake, it is actually a good way to make the cake more presentable and attractive in normal occasions. Layering cakes could be dependent upon the situation, as every kind entails different materials and preparations. Some bakers could use rotating boards like a miniature Lazy Susan or a drum board for cake layers. These pieces of hard materials are good choices for those cakes that have four layers or less, because five and above layers would be too much for the drum board or rotating stand to handle. In between layers, it is a good idea to also place a flat board. To finish it off, a layer of cream could conceal the boards. The cake should then be placed in a large enough freezer so that the integrity of the whole cake could be maintained.Horses come in all different sizes, shapes, and colors. Common horse coat colors include bay, chestnut, grey, and black; however, many horse colors are less common and more difficult to recognize. One less common horse coloring is blue roan.
What is a blue roan horse? Blue roan is a unique coat pattern that horses can have. In this particular coat pattern, horses will have a mixture of black and white hairs all over their body, making them appear greyish blue. Blue roans can often be mistaken for grey horses.
To produce a roan horse requires specific genetics that will, for the most part, guarantee a roan offspring. Roan horses are most often seen in western disciplines, and many western breeders will carefully select their stallions and mares to produce other roan horses. To get a complete rundown of roan horses, keep reading!
If you don’t know what to look for, it can be difficult to differentiate between a blue roan and a grey horse. Two horses may have the same exact shade of coloring, but one may be a blue roan while the other is a grey. In this section, I’ll share defining features of blue roan horses that you can look for to determine if the horse is truly blue roan.
Did you know that grey horses change color over time?! To learn more, check out my article Dapple Grey Horses: Facts, Breeds, Origins, and Colors.
All blue roan horses have a black base boat. Any roan horse has an original base coat that has the roan gene applied. For red roans, the base color is chestnut; for bay roans, the base color is bay. One reason blue roans visually appear blue is the mixture of the white roaning hairs with the black coat.
A blue roan horse can change color over time. Most blue roans are born black or steel grey. As they age, more and more white hairs will mix among their black coat. Sometimes, a blue roan may appear black until about one or two years of age, which is when their roan coat will start coming in.
While there are rare exceptions, just about every blue roan horse will have black points. Their legs, heads, and faces will be black in color, while their bodies will be lightened with roan. While some grey horses will have black points as well, many greys will have white hooves and white socks that make it easier to differentiate.
Most blue roan horses will have black manes and tails. This, once again, comes from their original black base color. This can be an easy visual indication that a horse is a blue roan rather than a grey. While at some point in their lives, grey horses will have black manes, as grey horses age, their coat color, mane, and tail color will lighten significantly until it looks white.
So, what creates a blue roan horse? Every roan horse has a genetic base color; this can be chestnut, bay, or black. In any roan horse, one parent may carry the base color gene while the other parent carries the roan gene. Sometimes, one parent will carry both a base color gene and a roan gene; however, the roan gene is dominant. This means that if at least one parent carries the roan gene, the offspring is more than likely to come out as a roan.
With blue roans specifically, they inherit both a recessive agouti allele, which determines the horse’s black base color and a dominant roan gene.
Quarter horses are the most common horse breed with blue roan members, but this is largely due to the selective breeding of quarter horses to produce roan coloring. Many riders may opt for a blue roan horse that can stand out in the show arena.
American Paint Horses are often recognized for their colorful splashy coats. When it comes to the genetics of a blue roan paint horse, a lot is going on! The horse’s genetics would have to include a base color of black with the dominant roan gene as well as any of the genes that create white markings on the horse’s body.
Producing a blue roan paint horse is easier said than done. With so many different genetics mixing up, it’s never a 100% guarantee the offspring will come out as a blue roan paint. You’re also going to have to find a homozygous white pattern gene and breed to a homozygous roan.
For horses with no selective breeding, mustangs tend to do a good job of producing roans. Since roan is a dominant gene, once it finds its way into many members of the same breed, it will keep popping up again! When you see pictures of the wild mustangs, there’s always bound to be a roan horse in there!
Percherons are heavy draft horses that come in all different colors. You will most often see black or grey Percherons; however, the blue roan coloring is much more common in Percherons than it is in some other horse breeds. Percherons bred with Brabant horses, known for their red roan coat, will produce other roan horses.
Tennessee Walking Horses are gaited horses with muscular bodies that come in all different shapes and sizes. Black Tennessee Walkers are often mistaken as Friesians due to their build and thick mane, and fetlock feathers. These horses are popular among western riders due to their endurance and comfortable gaits.
Tennessee Walkers are popular riding horses, especially among saddle seats and western riders. Roan Tennessee Walkers are not rare, and you’ll surely spot a blue roan Walker if you look long enough!
Missouri Foxtrotters are another gaited breed of horse with numerous roan members. Foxtrotters tend to be smaller and leaner than Tennessee Walkers but are just as popular in trail riding, endurance, ranch work, and saddle seat. I knew a blue roan Missouri Foxtrotter once, and she was beautiful!