Bloodmarkings

Information and photos of the "Bloody shoulder" marking, also called Bloodmarks, Blood stains, Blood markings, and bloody-shouldered Arabian.

If anyone has any photographs, legends, or any other information about bloodmarkings, please email me: info@ultimatehorsesite.com

According to Gladys Brown Edwards, author of "Know the Arabian Horse", Bedouins "... believed that unlucky white markings could be counteracted by killing a lamb and letting the blood drain over the horse's withers."

 


What Are Bloodmarks? Info & Gallery

 

The Arabian Bloodmark Legends:

The Bloody-Shouldered Foal
This version has a miraculous foal

Bloody-Shouldered Mare
This version could be older than the "firearm" version.

The Bloody-Shouldered Mare
Version of faithful mare, includes firearms...

 

 

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