My holiday short story, William's Gift, has as one of its key characters an ugly brindle dog. This type of dog is ubiquitous here in northern New Mexico. And I'll admit that even though I described the dog in the story as looking like indoor/outdoor carpet, I have a very large, warm and fuzzy, soft spot for these canines.

Check out this post on brindle horses over at Bridlepath. While I've certainly seen this coloration on the coats of dogs, cattle, and cats, I don't believe I've ever seen it on a horse.

Very pretty.