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The first edition of my book was published in 2011, and it was so popular all the copies were sold in two months. A year later I published a revised version—and now you have an English edition in your hands.

More than 10 years have passed since the moment I started to study horse colors, and many things have changed for me. My published book has led to clinics at equine exhibitions, and what was a hobby at first grew into scientific work. I started my own research concerning the rare Silver gene in horse breeds originating in Russia. By 2015 I had discovered the Silver gene mutation and silver colors in Soviet Heavy Draft and Byelorussian Harness breeds. I can say that because of my work, the Soviet Heavy Draft stallion Ratoborets 2011 (Reketir—Rezonerka) became the first Russian horse registered in the studbook as silver bay (seessss1). Such discoveries are very important for the rare or threatened horse breeds, as they can increase interest and thus the breeds’ chance of survival.

My research continues today. As of 2016, I became a post-graduate student at the Russian State Agricultural University named after K.A. Timiryazev, the oldest and the best agrarian university in my country. My thesis, of course, is devoted to my favorite subject—horse color identification.