A Zorse is a Horse – of Course
What happens when you cross a zebra with a horse? The result isn’t really a horse, it’s a zorse, of course! Meet Eclyse — a zebra / horse hybrid, born on a ranch in Germany. Not part from any fabled Frankenstein style story or science experiment gone bad — she’s the product of a holiday romance in designer breeding. Might make you think twice before dashing away on that little rendezvous yourself.
Typically, most zorses have stripes across their entire body, but Eclyse has only two blocks of stripes — on her face and her hind quarters.
Eclyse inherits her pure white markings from her mother, a horse named Eclipse. Eclipse’s owners sent her to a ranch in Italy for breeding, where she met a rugged, handsome young zebra named Ulysses.
One thing led to another as rendezvous’ often do. When she returned home to Germany, Eclipse surprised her keepers by producing a little half-horse, half-zebra with extraordinarily unusual markings.
Ranch spokesman Udo Richter commented: “You can tell she is a mix just by looking at her. But in temperament she can also exhibit characteristics from each parent.” reports Metro.
“She is usually relatively tame like a horse but occasionally shows the fiery temperament of a zebra, leaping around like one.”
Not convinced that zorses actually exist? Here’s more living proof for you.
Beaumont Ranch TX Photo 3PixelProRGB
Mount Kenya Safari Club Wildlife Sanctuary Photo Nickfraser
Photo Rudloff
Photo Phyllis
Photo Vall3ygurl
UPDATE: YouTube now has a clip of Eclyse for all doubters, proving that she does exist, and further validation of the existence of Zorses.
Horse + Zebra = Zorse
Eclyse is special as zorses, or zebroids as they are also known, are usually
born when a horse mare breeds with a zebra stallion.
Goodness Deborah
quite amazing …….I wonder if they ever have identity crises….. oh and I spotted the difference too!!!!….that horse (with the jockey) has painted stripes…..
They’re painted on?! You would have an eye for that being an artist, I couldn’t see it!
I’ve been duped! I would never have posted the pic if I’d known that! DOH!
when i first read Kim’s comment, I thought so too.. she has an eye for such detail
nevertheless, zorse looks kinda interesting 
the first one is pretty obviously photoshopped and the one with the jockey has painted on stripes.
Well, as an avid animal lover, they are all beautiful. I’ve had several horses during my old age, and wished I could have more. Hopefully, the painting of them is not harmful in any way?
you have to be an absolute idiot to not notice that those stripes on the “zorse” with the jockey on it were painted. and some look photo shopped (cheaply i might ad)
The horse with the rider is an event horse. At higher levels, the riders will often grease the horses’ legs and chest just in case they come in contact with a jump. It helps them slip over it instead of getting caught. There are expensive greases you can buy, but most people I know just use Crisco. I think the rider was having an artistic moment when she was tacking up. Some shows do have costume contests if they are held near Halloween. I have seen “Lady Godiva” on course before.
The ones in the top picture look more like Zonkeys than Zorses, to me, anyway.
Jacer, as long as the paints were water based, my guess is that it would be safe. I’m the faux painting queen and don’t often use gloves, never had as much as a rash, and my skin is very sensitive to many things. As long as the animal was scrubbed down soon afterwards, I think they’d be fine.
Thanks for the interesting info Greenleaf. Yes, it would make sense to want to pimp your horse up for attention in a competition, I’d do it. Zonkeys, zorses … fascinating things they’re doing with designer breeding these days.
wow.. you are… a work of art…
i mean really.
boy, you’re dumb.
Jonny, it’s one thing to express your opinion, but another to be abusive. Abuse to myself or others won’t be tolerated here.
I’m leaving your comment so that others may see and be made aware.
hey Deborah CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on your success with the front page….seems to me that ONLY the most Intelligent, articulate and mature individuals receive that sort of ranking!!!!!!
have a good one…….
Thanks Kim
Haha, you crack me up! Thanks for your support 
Some very nice photos. Why do you keep that photo up of the “fake” zebra with the event rider if this page is to be educational to the public?
Renee, my blog is not strictly educational, it’s also for entertainment. The theme for my blog that I promote is ‘Life in the Fast Lane is all about having fun.’
There were numerous comments to the photo which have been made so it wouldn’t be right to delete it. Also, unless someone was being done harm by something found in my blog, I would not delete an error made. The discussion about it is here in the comments, nothing is being done to intentionally mislead anyone, nor are the facts being hidden.
There are ranches in the US that breed Zorses. While doing some research, I have found that these ranches are becoming harder to find. A lot are giving up the breeding of these two animals. Probably due to the fact that a lot of Zorses are very temperamental and hard to train.I guess some can be quite aggressive. They are very cool looking though, since quite a few zorses keep a lot of their stripes. Some of them look quite beautiful.
The question would be, would it be worth having a unique looking animal that was very hard to train and deal with on a daily basis? Hmmm..maybe I will stick with Paints.
Below is a link to a ranch that used to breed zorses.
http://seazorses.homestead.com/Zebras.html
riding horses myself i find this hybrid fascinating, and i dont find it an issue to leave the picture of the painted stripes on the website. its not hurting anyone! good job on the website. it was very interesting to read.
Shelli, thanks for the great info. There isn’t much to be found on the subject. Great to hear something first hand. Considering that the male has to be a zebra, I would think that a lot of their temperment would be passed on. It makes sense that they’d be difficult to work with. Thanks for the link
Thanks Alli, you’re a breath of fresh air
Thanks for you kind words.
Wow, can’t believe some people think that first one is PhotoShopped. Haven’t you seen the video footage on the news?
Thanks Jay. And thanks to your comment I searched again. They’ve since posted a clip on YouTube. Yeah! I’ve now added it as an update.
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Would the Zorse be sterile, in the same way as a mule?
My guess is it would be sterile, Joe. That’s often the setback of cross-bred animals like this.
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that bay zorse omg iz like gawjuss!! i so wanna breed dem they are beautiful lol
Me again lol that dude who was bagging out the zorse… dont u like hav anything better to do than bagging out some dudes sit i meen com on
Thanks Nat.
We own a zedonk that is broke to ride and drive, and is loads of fun, my kids hove shown him at the county fairs and have won, and we have taken him to the Iowa horse fair, and on trail rides. He is for sale too. Here is a link to pictures and videos. http://picasaweb.google.com/pianoismy4tay http://www.youtube.com/my_videos
Lenora, he’s adorable
Your link doesn’t work for the videos though. It takes me to my own videos.
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All of the zorses in those photos are real except for the aforementioned Sorrel horse with the painted on white stripes. No photoshopping on the others, I looked at the code. Not only that but I used to work on a large farm where they raised zorses and zonys and know what they look like. Not too long ago they had a 3 month old paint zony that almost looked just like that first one, at a visiting petting zoo. I wanted it so bad but they wanted $1500.00 for it and I couldn’t afford it at the time.
I just wanted to ad, the second photo are Zonkies (zebra x donkey)Third pic is a zorse, Fourth with rider is the fake, Fifth is a zorse, and sixth is a zorse that is a result of a zebra crossed with a Norwegian Fjord horse.
Geordie Jannerery interesting Gayla, you’re a lot more savvy than me to know how to look for coding
Wow, $1500 sounds like a bargain, but when you don’t have it, it may as well be a Million.
OK, I can sort of see how you can define the zonkies, with the mane that follows down their backs. Their heads appear smaller as well. The owner of the photo had lebeled them as zorses.
i love it ! there beautiful!!! and the painted pony is adorable…
i would love to have one myself someday…
They are indeed very unusual and beautiful, Minnie
to all people who think they zorse pictures are cheaply photoshopped, they’re not! I’m a graphic designer, I should know. And I also know that zorses exist. Nothing so incredibly hard to acchieve you have to actually photoshop it if you ask me! take that non-believers!
My friend @ Birdsongtrailride.com has a real zorse. He let my son sit on it at Mule Day in Columbia, Tennessee a few years ago. It’s beautiful, and honery, and well trained. Mule Day is the first Sat. in April… I’m sure there is more info on the web about both.
WOWZERZ. My sister thinks that they just paint over the horses/ponies, and she thinks that it’s very untrue. Well, if you know any people that have a Zorse, can you tell me if they painted them or not? I’m trusting you!
OMG! Did you just say……Tennessee? OMG!!!!!!!!! I live right next door to that state!!!!!!!!!! SOOOO COOL!!!! I wonder if they sell any ZORSES THERE?! Can you plzzzzzzzzzz tell me, Heather Hurt!?
Metaldudette, actually, thank you very much for your help. That post you made is great, and can make me believe more in the Zorses than I just did. Thank You! Now I can have proof to my sister that ZORSES ARE REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kind of similar, but have you ever hear of a Quagga? It was an animal that looked similar to a Zebra (and your Zorse) that became extinct in 1883, due to excessive hunting. Quagga was different to the Zebra in that it had a brown coloration as well as no stripes across it’s back body area, rump and legs, but with brown and white stripes across it’s face, neck and shoulders.
The cool thing is that they are trying, by selective breeding to bring it back into existence again, on a game reserve in South Africa. For more information on the Quagga breeding program: Karoo National Park in South Africa
I think that horses are very cute and i also think that zebras are as well.
But zorses are just so Gourgeous and very very very cute.
Отличный пост. И вообще все в нашей жизни можно связать с детьми. Так что советую глянуть одним глазком – дети и еда
there really cute