My granddad discovered the same thing about identifying horses that you have about identifying people. "It's usually the simplest things that differentiate between people that look alike."

He had two mares he couldn't tell apart for the life of him. He thought he was pretty clever when he trimmed the mane short on one of them. That worked for a while, but then the mane grew back. In desperation he cut the tail short on one of them. But to his dismay, it quickly grew back!

Then the obvious answer occurred to him. He pulled out his trusty tape measure and–sure enough–by a full 6 inches the black mare stood taller than the brown one!

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I sure enjoy your blog. Keep it up.
– The Ancestry Insider