White Thoroughbreds | Kentucky Life | KET

A white Thoroughbred is a rare and stunning sight. Arctic Bright View is such a horse, and he impressed the filmmakers at Disney, too. This Kentucky stallion was among the four horses used to portray Silver in the 2013 movie The Lone Ranger. At home now on Megson Farms in Calvert City, he is among over a dozen white Thoroughbreds owned by Paul Megson—most likely the largest herd of registered white Thoroughbreds in the world. Just a few Thoroughbred lines possess the genetic mutation responsible for the gleaming white coat. Only 149 white Thoroughbreds have been officially registered since 1963, and prior to that, scientists and horsemen alike believed they were a genetic impossibility. Most people who think they've seen a white Thoroughbred have actually seen a gray—who eventually gray out to solid white. The first white Thoroughbred registered with the Jockey Club came from Patchen-Wilkes Farm in Fayette County in the 1960s. Another line is through Airdrie Apache, a Thoroughbred stallion originally from former Governor Brereton Jones' Airdrie Stud farm. Away from the movie set, Arctic Bright View still enjoys the limelight, appearing at the Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, and other horse shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn more about KET's program Kentucky Life at http://www.ket.org/kentuckylife/ Visit Kentucky Life's Facebook page:   / kentuckylife   Subscribe to the KET channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...