Does anyone know of anything that will bring my black horse that has been bleached from sun back to black? He is not quite as eye catching as he was at the beginning of summer and winter. Anything you can think of!?

i think there is a pelleted feed, i forget wut it is called, but it works. ask someone at a feed store. that might help

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Originally posted by quonking:
Does anyone know of anything that will bring my black horse that has been bleached from sun back to black? He is not quite as eye catching as he was at the beginning of summer and winter. Anything you can think of!?

that sucks for JC, The things i know of to prevent bleaching are Turnout with a summer sheet or night time turnout I dont know of any products

I would get him a sheet.... but his summer coat is already thick enough... and he is out side all day basicly....

maybe a fly sheet or look into those black as knight products from the website i gave you and i'll leave the ad in your locker when I go to the barn

www.chevalinternational.com

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If your horse is already bleached, I'm not sure how much you can do- its much easier to prevent a faded/bleached coat than it is to fix one!

I've never personally tried the Black As Knight products, but have heard only good things about them. If you can, turn out only at night, and bring the horse in during the day. If that's not possible, then I would get a good flysheet (I like the Pessoa ones). The flysheets are much cooler than just a summer sheet, but will help to prevent any more bleaching!
Hope I helped!

Once they are bleached I find you can't really get the coat black again til next year but I have a black mare that only bleaches under the saddle so that's good... I guess lol I put a fly sheet on one of the weatherbeta's it's light blue goes up the neck and covers almost everything but the legs. I find it prevents around 90% of bleaching that usually occurs on my mare without the sheet.

I haven't used the Black As Knight because the bleaching can be mostly prevented with the sheets and why feed your horse chemicals when you can just cover them up.

i dont really know of anything that can fix a bleached coat, and personally I wouldn't trust feeding my horse the chemicals in those colour enhancing products, what I know to prevent bleaching is to do night turnout and to avoid putting your horse out wet, since the sun magnifies and burns the hair,

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Originally posted by Mystic Dream:
I haven't used the Black As Knight because the bleaching can be mostly prevented with the sheets and why feed your horse chemicals when you can just cover them up.

I did a little research, just for my own knowledge, and it turns out that there arent any chemicals in Black As Knight.

Quoted from the Black As Knight website:
"Completely natural, Black-As-Knight is not a harsh chemical dye. Instead, feed this delicious supplement and the health filled ingredients that are incorporated into the hairs as they are forming under the skin... Formulated from an all natural combination of healthy oils, seaweeds, spices and more..."
The only thing I am skeptical about is the "delicious" part!

quonking, I think and this is one persons opinion...that the only way to regain his colour is to body clip him and then maintain with fly sheets, cotton sheets during the day or turnout only at night.

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lets just say if we had too keep himin all day... he may breack the door down...
However i am going to think about he black as night...
and if im still riding him nest show season... I will invest in some good sheets!

thanks for all the different perspectives!

quonking, i feel your pain as my former black hprse is now a nice shade of bay. i too have not found any way to stop the bleaching of his coat.

HEY THE QUICK COLOUR ACTUALLY WORKED!!!
nothing super amazing happened.. but hes deffinitly a darker brown!
with a few applications... hes gonna look fine!

apparently a tablespoon of paprika every day will prevent the sun fading through the summer.

i have used quick color and quick black and found it made my guy look kinda bronzy. A darker bronze, but certainly not black.

Has anyone used Black as Knight with good or bad results??

Paprika works just as well as Black as night and is much cheaper.

Paprika is one of the main ingredients in Black as Night

Oh nice!
Could you buy paprika at Bulk Barn? Would it have to be anything special? Or just regular, run of the mill, paprika spice?

You can buy it at the bulk barn, but I buy mine at the regular grocery store. I buy the bulk jars for 4.99.
You will need to stop using it 4-5 days before a show as it will test.