#oh and yes you remembered correctly they're Italian Vasco is from Florence and Machete originally from Sicily | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

canisalbus · 22 days

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I work with horses for a living and I’d like to hop on the bandwagon and suggest some breeds. I can’t remember if your beans are Italian, but that’s the assumption I’ve been going with so I apologize if I’m wrong!

Machete: Sardinian Anglo-Arab or Cavallino di Monterufoli

Vasco: Salernitano or Lipizzano (they come in colors that aren’t grey)

I have other recs if they aren’t Italian. I would add Neapolitan to Vasco, but you won’t find many (if any) photos of them. It went extinct in the 50s as its own unique breed. The Lipizzano is a descendant.

#I've mentioned this before #but it's genuinely delighting when I briefly bring up some (usually unrelated) topic #and soon find out that there's people following me who are experts on that specific subject #like for example rare and extinct Italian horse breeds #oh and yes you remembered correctly they're Italian Vasco is from Florence and Machete originally from Sicily #I didn't know about that thing about horse colors! that's really interesting actually #typically it's the black cats and dogs that were seen as ill omens #weird to think that for horses the unlucky color could be white #at least in some contexts #thank you for taking the time to send these!#answered #halluseance

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