Being a fellow horse person, I never knew that grey was the same thing as white. But I had always pictured Shadowfax as a white horse anyways If Tolkien had actually meant for him to be 'silver', as in the precious metal, horses like that are very rare. There is only one breed that has a metallic sheen to their coat, they're called. Trekheners I think. But they are built quite thin and lanky, not at all majestic like you'd imagine a white wizard riding. I haven't seen TTT yet, so I can't judge poor Shadow lol. But if I had had the choice of casting him, I probably would have picked a Lippizan. They were used for war and can jump straight into the air while kicking out. Talk about knocking some orc teeth loose...
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