Razer = Zebra?

[DuDZiK]

From the descriptions of the Domini 'bloodborn' horse breed, the Razer, am I to assume that they are really zebras?

[schneb]

I don't remember where, but I seem to remember reading RJ specifically say that Razor's weren't zebras, rather they were black and white paint horses.  I'll have to look for the actual quote.  I know when I first read the description a zebra wasn't the first thing I thought of.

 

I found it here.

http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?m=200601

For those of you who think the razor that Mat gave to Tuon is a zebra, it isn’t.  I was thinking of a horse I once saw a picture of, an American paint, which in memory seemed to fit my description (white meeting black along dead-straight lines) very closely.  In fact, the memory fit so well that I decided not to check whether the actual horse looked the way I recalled it.  The recollection made a terrific image.

 

 

[Dragon21]

I was gonna say, I remember RJ saying they weren't, but they sure made me think of zebras.

[Tyrell]

In my mind, Tuon will always ride a Zebra.

 

Besides which I don't know what an american paint looks like, whereas I know what a Zebra looks like.

[CUBAREY]

Besides which I don't know what an american paint looks like, whereas I know what a Zebra looks like.

 

If you have ever seen a lot of old western movies you have seen an American Paint. Tuon's horse is not a zabra. Have you ever seen an actual live zebra? They might pass for a pony but they are to small to be described as a horse.

[wvlr]

I thought that the Razor was half white and half black, not striped.    Am I worng?  How does that equate to a zebra which is small - not horse sized and striped?

[Majsju]

And zebras are nearly impossible to domesticate.

[RobertAlexWillis]

This is probably a fair idea of what Akein (Tuon's Razor) looks like:

 

[Ciete]

Of course, a horse of a different color is........(sorry couldn't resist!!)