Do horses have horns?

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Do horses have horns?

Postby TB Dreamin' » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:29 am

Ha Ha Ha...I know what everyone is thinking...some do, right?! Well, I saw a horse yesterday that had "nubs" on his forehead-they were centered, parallel to one another, and about 3 inches apart-seriously, they looked just goat horns.

I asked the trainer when I noticed the one, and then I noticed the other and he said they were "horns" and rare. They are pushing up under the hair, but look just like goat's nubs.

I was just wondering if anyone had ever seen this before and if there's any superstition behind them...like good luck or (gulp) bad luck!

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Postby gotpaints » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:00 am

There was a horse that I believe ran in the 04 Kentucky Derby that had "horns". I can't remember his name right now though.
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Postby TB Dreamin' » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:32 am

:lol: gotpaints-

Well, that's a definate good sign...I'm dying to know who it was!

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Postby majxmom » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:08 am

I had a TB named Miss Peachblossom that had fairly prominent horns. She won her first time out, and a couple of more times in claimers. She toed out extremely, and developed an ankle problem, or she would have won more. The trainer told me every horse he ever had with horns was a good one.
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Postby Simengineer » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:16 am

Well isn't that the darndest thing? I rode cow ponies as a kid, worked in the stands at a racetrack, and followed racing since 1980. I had never heard of such a thing. How common is it?
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Postby StayOutFront » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:54 pm

I think Borrego had horns. Not huge ones, but just 'nubs,' as you mentioned. They were noticeable, however.
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Postby majxmom » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:40 pm

Simengineer wrote:Well isn't that the darndest thing? I rode cow ponies as a kid, worked in the stands at a racetrack, and followed racing since 1980. I had never heard of such a thing. How common is it?


They're not really horns, but definite prominent bumps in the forehead of the skull, on either side of the midline. Not growing out of the poll.
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Postby going4stamina » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:27 pm

Maybe the ones with horns are closely related to unicorns :wink:.

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Postby KBEquine » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:48 pm

majxmom wrote:. . . The trainer told me every horse he ever had with horns was a good one.


Wow . . . that's good to hear.

One of this year's foal crop has horns -- okay, nubs -- exactly as described in this thread! I was going to ask my vet if it was something I should be concerned about!
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Postby TB Dreamin' » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:17 am

Going4Stamina-

My 3 year old daughter was w/me and that's exactly what she said!!!

I'm glad so far it seems to be a good sign-

KEB-was your's born w/'em or did they develop later???

It's so interesting!
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Postby KBEquine » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:32 am

He was born in March; I noticed them in June. Purely at a guess, at this age with everything growing, it might be that the edges of the bone growth plate grew faster than the space it had to grow into.

He's not sensitive at all on them & they're not getting bigger & might even be getting smaller [or else maybe his head is getting bigger & they're not so noticeable].
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Postby Linda_d » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:22 am

Many years ago I read an article in the Western Horseman about a breeder out in Idaho/Nevada/Utah who had a strain of horses that were noted for both their "horns" and their endurance abilities -- they were well-known among endurance ride participants. I think maybe the name of the breeder was Moyle.
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Postby gotpaints » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:48 am

Simengineer wrote:Well isn't that the darndest thing? I rode cow ponies as a kid, worked in the stands at a racetrack, and followed racing since 1980. I had never heard of such a thing. How common is it?

I *think* that they said it was some kind of deposit on his head. I've only heard of a few horses having it so I'm thinking its not that common.
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Postby Roguelet » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:03 am

Linda_d wrote:Many years ago I read an article in the Western Horseman about a breeder out in Idaho/Nevada/Utah who had a strain of horses that were noted for both their "horns" and their endurance abilities -- they were well-known among endurance ride participants. I think maybe the name of the breeder was Moyle.


Hey, I remember those horses from when I was younger... some of my family was heavy into the endurance scene and I remember being at one of the rides and those horses being pointed out. I have no recollection of them having horns, but I do remember being told that they pretty much had created their own breed of endurance horse, and I believe that Moyle was the name.
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Postby Sunday Silence » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:50 am

Can someone find a pic of these nubs?
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