First Secretary, Secretariat's first foal

His dam was an Appaloosa, though, right?

Palomino draft horses - you'd think there'd be a market for giant golden horses!

Hidalgo - quoting Wikipedia, "Multiple American Paint Horses were filmed as the horse "Hidalgo"; actor Viggo Mortensen later bought RH Tecontender, one of those horses in the film. Screenwriter John Fusco bought Oscar, the main stunt horse and retired him at Red Road Farm, his American Indian horse conservancy."

You know what bugged me about Hidalgo? At the end, when Hopkins releases him to go free with the herd of mustangs, you can see a glint of metal as he runs off that shows he still has shoes on. Wouldn't that be dangerous for the horse?

heavy draft for palomino color, but I don't think there's a huge market for it.

They're not as heavy as Percherons or Clydesdales, but Belgians are draft and pretty darn big.

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Not all Belgians are palomino, but the breeder near where we lived in NC bred for that coloration.

What bugged me about Hidalgo was the scene(s) where Viggo is supposed to be riding bareback and the saddle is clearly visible.

Not all Belgians are palomino, but the breeder near where we lived in NC bred for that coloration.

Most of them are light chestnut. I considered mentioning them, but decided against it.

You plant people know you're the only ones who have the slightest clue, right? The rest of us just go "flower!"

You don't know the half of it. My entire interaction with the boards is made up of me sitting at the computer and shouting "actor!" "dress!" "cat!" "nun!"

I think you'll agree, my voice recognition software is top-notch.

There used to be a whole big run of young adult horse books that featured palominos.

I'm for damn sure there's a palamino somewhere in a Sweet Valley High book. Palamino = favorite horse of oung girls not Plei or Zen or Aims? Funnily enough, I love appys and percherons.

And now I'm giggling at Plei's horse posts, given her current tagline.

And I thought the cream-to-platinum mane, tail, and points with a medium-to-pale chestnut coat defined palomino--do I have that wrong?

There's a champion Belgian breeder back home in my area of Pennsylvania. I loved going to the country fair so I could get up close and stare at the big, mellow horses. Such a gorgeous color.