[Canadian Sage]

The results are back for Sage's color tests. I am assuming they came back the way everyone said they would.

Red Factor - E/e
Agouti - A/a

I still don't understand the agouti, so could someone please explain that to me?

And with the red factor, that means she does have a chance at black, bay or a sorrel foal...correct?

Also, that also finally proves that she IS a bay, right? (just askign as APHA has her reg. as a brown)

[Haas Horse Farm]

No that does not mean that she is not brown... Aa is bay or brown since the test cannot tell. All it means is that the "A" is not "a" and could be "A", "At" or "A+". Do you have photos of the horse, the sire and the dam and a color pedigree? If you give me the registered name I can look it all up on APHA.

I know you have probably posted the photos before... I do not have time to go look now...

You are correct about the Ee. That means that the horse can throw a black gene or a red gene. You horse may have offspring of any color... Unless the A is At and then you will never have bay offspring unless the other sire provides it.

My guess is that she is indeed brown since APHA registered her that way. She must have looked that color in the photos... and have the pedigree to do that. BUT I also know how unreliable APHA is... *SIGH*

[JetdecksComet]

Just to elaborate on the Agouti, since you asked...

Agouti has no effect on red (i.e. chestnut or sorrel) so when I talk about agouti in the next few lines, I am talking about agouti on a black base and producing on a black base. For the sake of simplicity, I am ignoring red horses and all color modifiers in this instance and also ignoring what the "partner" horse could be throwing into the mix.

a/a would be absence of agouti... that would make the horse black and could only throw a black

A/a would be heterozygous (one copy) agouti... a bay horse that can produce bay or black

A/A would be homozygous (two copies) agouti... a bay horse that will only produce bay

[Canadian Sage]

oh that makes sense thanx guys!!

All the people I have talked to have said my mare is indeed a bay, there is no way she could be brown, I even looked at her baby pictures that I have available for me to see, and it is not possible. She has brown, white AND black on her body (black is on her legs like a bay would be, and black mane and tail)

[Haas Horse Farm]

I found the photos... if you want the horse to be bay send the color test results along with the color correction form to APHA... They will change the color of your horse to bay. Not sure why they called it brown. LOL