You will hear a lot of pros and cons. My mare has 4 white feet and Jake has white or striped feet. Jake is not even an arab and has done 16 50 milers since he started about 3 years ago. He has one pull for lame, RO, but that is not true. He had already passed the vet check when I noticed he was missing a shoe and then I realized I had missed a loop so I elected to RO....He never took a lame step....mb