Medicine Hat Paint Horse
Show the world how much you love your medicine hat!!!
Based on Diane Swarts: APHA gelding Super Hot N Zippin aka Herman (thanks for letting me use him as a model) :))
Medicine Hat Paint Horse belongs to the following groups:
All About Rodeos, Simply Horses, The Wild West Show and Those Colorful Paints (APHA) and Pintos Available for sale asT-Shirts
Diana-Lee Saville
Ginny York
Diana! This is so cute. At first I thought it just said I love my medicine. LOL This might fit into a group on here called All About hearts So cute!
Diana-Lee Saville replied
lol!!! I wanted it to grab peoples attention…I need Diane here now to explain the meaning of a medicine hat :))
Diane Swarts
Hi Di, wow you know I am gonna have to buy this one! You outdid yourself and I just love it!
Legend has the Medicine Hat Horse appearing in Native American culture, being used as a Ceremonial Horse, Buffalo Runner, and a War Horse. Some of the Plains Tribes which considered the Medicine Hat to be supernatural protection against harm were the Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Comanche and Kiowa Tribes. Paintings of special symbols were used on the mostly white Medicine Hats to add strength to the horse and depict special events, such as battles and captured ponies, in the life of his rider.
There are various depictions of a Medicine Hat vs. a horse with a War Bonnett, it seems everybody has a different opinion of where the color should end and whether the horse should have a shield markings on his chest to protect him in battle, etc…. My opinion is if the horse is mostly white, has color over most of the ears appearing as a “hat” and has a colored in chest, then he qualifies as a Medicine Hat! But, there are those out there that would argue more than likely ;-)
Diana-Lee Saville replied
Thanks Diane!!! :))
louisegreen
Now that’s just fabulous…..a shirt for the Medicine Hat. Can’t decide which colour I like, they all look so good. LOVE IT!!!!
Diana-Lee Saville replied
Thanks Louise…it looks good on a few differnt colours :))