How come you never see white racehorses?

Question

After running a quick Google search, there was ONE white racehorse that ran back in the late 90's, but why are they so rare?

Answer 1

the all white filly ( thoroughbred) in the link (below) was brought for $270,000 at the magic millions yearling sales about 6 weeks ago in Australia.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/horse-raci...

i guess that proves jmhtrain wrong!!!!

the above facts about the rarity of white race horses due to breeding are correct, there isn't alot of them and this is actually the first one i have seen!

hope this somewhat answers your question.

http://www.norsirefarms.com/ourwhitelady...

http://www.shadowmountainstables.com/hor...

theres some other interesting links on white race horses

Answer 2

they don't paint them white anymore,paint is becoming too expensive.

Answer 3

cause black and brown colored things are always better take basketball and football!!!!

Answer 4

There is no such thing as a white horse.  A horse can either be grey and then slowly whiten out so that it eventually looks white but has black skin underneath, or it can have pink skin and white fur but it will have red eyes which makes it an albino.

Answer 5

Breeding

Answer 6

Basically, your answer is found in breeding.  The horses bred for horse racing are generally Thoroughbreds or Quarter-Horses.  These are the brownish horses you generally see.  A white horse (Arabian, Appaloosa, etc) are not bred for horse racing, especially in the US, thus making them less common when looking at racehorses.