Meet this beautiful and rare-colored Thoroughbred colt from Rockridge Stud in Hudson, New York!

This little guy blazed around social media immediately after his birth, and America’s Best Racing put together a video to introduce Rockridge Stud’s white colt to the world:

True “white” Thoroughbreds are rare, and the genetics behind them might surprise you: according to this article on PaulickReport.com, this color pattern is not due to the pairing of two rare genetic carriers — it’s basically just a genetic mutation. The reasoning behind this theory is that once these genetics appear, they’re inherited so dominantly that it’s unlikely that they’ve been “hiding” for generations while waiting for the correct combination.

The colt’s dam, Princesspatseattle, is by Airdrie Apache, a white Thoroughbred with a mottled coat, currently recognized as the leading sire of white and spotted Thoroughbreds. His genetic mutation clearly lives on through Princesspatseattle, as this colt is the second white foal she’s thrown.

Best of luck to you, little white Thoroughbred! We’ll be looking for you on the track in a few years.

We can’t even.

If this video doesn’t break the internet, we don’t know what will. Start off your Tuesday morning with this pig… who lunges. As long as he’s following his favorite horse, anyway. As a disclaimer, we should probably mention that we don’t recommend you try this at home unless you have a horse-broke pig, a pig-broke horse, and a couple of handlers who definitely know what they’re doing.

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The feet! The grunting! The PIG!

Go pigs. Go riding.

Check out these two buddies who clearly love to ham it up for the camera.

For a good definition of “bromance,” we turned, of course, to Urban Dictionary, the online repository for all made-up cultural words and slang. A bromance is defined as “a close relationship between two bros to such a point where they start to seem like a couple.”

If you need an illustration, simply observe Kaheeb and Newel, two Arabian horses who clearly enjoy each others’ company:

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Yep. That’s exactly what a bromance looks like. Follow the adventures of Kaheeb and Newel on their Facebook page!

Go riding!

And with good reason, because he’s REALLY FREAKING CUTE. Ascot Racecourse’s latest stunt has jettisoned “Daffy” and his “foursie” into instant stardom.

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