Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography

Image 1 of 1
Less

MELISSA FARLOW_MM7017_737727.jpg

Add to Lightbox Download

Rare white Thoroughbred mare grazes beside her foal. A recessive gene produces all white horses. Patchen Beauty foaled the first white colt in the family, The White Fox on Patchen Wilkes farm. The young foal plays while his mother grazes. He is the 16th non-albino white thoroughbred to be registered with the studbook of the Jockey Club in the more than 1.7 million horses registered.

The mare and foal descend from the first non-albino white thoroughbred horse registered in 1963—White Beauty—a filly that belonged to Herman Goodpaster. White Beauty produced several alabaster white horses including Patchen Beauty who won two races before becoming a broodmare.

Copyright
MELISSA FARLOW
Image Size
1600x1080 / 487.3KB
Keywords
Contained in galleries
Kentucky Horse Country USA National Geographic magazine_5/2003
Rare white Thoroughbred mare grazes beside her foal. A recessive gene produces all white horses. Patchen Beauty foaled the first white colt in the family, The White Fox on Patchen Wilkes farm. The young foal plays while his mother grazes. He is the 16th non-albino white thoroughbred to be registered with the studbook of the Jockey Club in the more than 1.7 million horses registered.<br /> <br /> The mare and foal descend from the first non-albino white thoroughbred horse registered in 1963—White Beauty—a filly that belonged to Herman Goodpaster. White Beauty produced several alabaster white horses including Patchen Beauty who won two races before becoming a broodmare.