Color Question??

Two Socks · 03-16-2006, 10:12 AM

When i seen the thread about what color is/ are yours horses it made me think that maybe you guys could help me out on what color my horse actually is. I have had her for 6 years. She is not registered. I just thought she was cute and i bought her from my uncle when she was 5 months old. I don't really show that much. Mainly just my pleasure horse. she was the first horse i ever broke on my own. Then i had to leave for the military so i never really got into intense training with her. So does anybody have an idea of what color she would be considered?? Thanks in advance!!

Limmerick · 03-16-2006, 10:17 AM

looks like a grey to me...or maybe a pinto gone grey *shrug* wish the first picture was bigger.

JBandRio · 03-16-2006, 10:24 AM

Yeah, it would help if the pictures were bigger. My first though is a gray pinto. Distant possibilities would be a roan or even a dun, possibly grulla.

Limmerick · 03-16-2006, 10:27 AM

i was also thinking maybe a buckskin going grey? or just looks paler right now due to shaggy hair(my herd all look paler in winter coats except for the black one..lol)

Two Socks · 03-16-2006, 01:16 PM

i'll see if i can get some bigger pics. her mother was a blue roan and her father was a paint. not sure what color tho. She kinda has a read roan tint but then when you get her wet she has like blue skin. it is hard to explain. my dad always tells me that there will probably never be another her that has her coloring. i guess i just don't know what color to call her when somebody asks me.

Skinfaxi · 03-16-2006, 01:29 PM

A bigger pic and one taken from each side would help.

look at these:

http://www.foxtrotter.com/genetics/greygene.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Outback/2936/

http://members.aol.com/MFTHorses/sponenbg.htm

Hope that helps anyone curious about color.

JBandRio · 03-16-2006, 03:15 PM

She may indeed be a roan, but seeing her head up close might rule that out. If she has a non-white head, enough of it, it should be darker than any other color on her body for her to be a true roan. If she's a roan pinto going gray, that will have affected the color of her head by now, so we may not be able to use that to rule in or out being a roan.

The fact that her dam was a blue roan lends great possibility to her also being a roan. Her skin will look "blue" because it's actually black, at least where the hair isn't white

Canadian Sage · 03-16-2006, 04:49 PM

I bet she is a blue roan pinto (or paint lol if shes registered).

irishchick · 03-16-2006, 05:37 PM

here in ireland she would be called a skewbald not too fancy a name i know

03-16-2006, 10:12 AM	#1
Two Socks Full Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mead, Ne Posts: 117 Images: 20	Color Question?? When i seen the thread about what color is/ are yours horses it made me think that maybe you guys could help me out on what color my horse actually is. I have had her for 6 years. She is not registered. I just thought she was cute and i bought her from my uncle when she was 5 months old. I don't really show that much. Mainly just my pleasure horse. she was the first horse i ever broke on my own. Then i had to leave for the military so i never really got into intense training with her. So does anybody have an idea of what color she would be considered?? Thanks in advance!!

03-16-2006, 10:24 AM	#3
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,448 Images: 143 Blog Entries: 12	Yeah, it would help if the pictures were bigger. My first though is a gray pinto. Distant possibilities would be a roan or even a dun, possibly grulla. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

03-16-2006, 03:15 PM	#7
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,448 Images: 143 Blog Entries: 12	She may indeed be a roan, but seeing her head up close might rule that out. If she has a non-white head, enough of it, it should be darker than any other color on her body for her to be a true roan. If she's a roan pinto going gray, that will have affected the color of her head by now, so we may not be able to use that to rule in or out being a roan. The fact that her dam was a blue roan lends great possibility to her also being a roan. Her skin will look "blue" because it's actually black, at least where the hair isn't white __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

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03-16-2006, 10:17 AM	#2
Limmerick Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: On The Side Of A Hill Posts: 465	looks like a grey to me...or maybe a pinto gone grey shrug wish the first picture was bigger.

03-16-2006, 10:27 AM	#4
Limmerick Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: On The Side Of A Hill Posts: 465	i was also thinking maybe a buckskin going grey? or just looks paler right now due to shaggy hair(my herd all look paler in winter coats except for the black one..lol)

03-16-2006, 01:16 PM	#5
Two Socks Full Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mead, Ne Posts: 117 Images: 20	i'll see if i can get some bigger pics. her mother was a blue roan and her father was a paint. not sure what color tho. She kinda has a read roan tint but then when you get her wet she has like blue skin. it is hard to explain. my dad always tells me that there will probably never be another her that has her coloring. i guess i just don't know what color to call her when somebody asks me.

03-16-2006, 01:29 PM	#6
Skinfaxi Full Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA, Illinois. Still too wet/dry Posts: 242 Images: 2	A bigger pic and one taken from each side would help. look at these: http://www.foxtrotter.com/genetics/greygene.htm http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Outback/2936/ http://members.aol.com/MFTHorses/sponenbg.htm Hope that helps anyone curious about color.

03-16-2006, 05:37 PM	#9
irishchick Full Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: wexford, ireland Posts: 196 Images: 21	here in ireland she would be called a skewbald not too fancy a name i know