Haflinger Color help!

[KatieRenee33]

We just bought Mack, a 6 yr old Haflinger. He's not the 'normal' color for a Haffy, and was wondering what you call his Color

[megan_kat22]

Idk but I love it! Haha sorry I couldn't resist

[kittxthexcat]

I think it's just called Dark Chestnut...he looks chocolate to me lol :P Super pretty!

[FleetFeet]

haflingers are chestnut with flaxen manes and tails. I don't see it in your guy but often they have lighter hair on their legs and the underside of their stomachs called....drawing a blank it starts with a P...para? idk someone help me out here!

[ACCphotography]

Haflingers are chestnut + flaxen + pangare'. This boy has the chestnut and the flaxen bit, but I don't see the pangare' in him either. He's probably "liver" or he may be sooty.

[Acantha]

Pangare! Most Haffies seem to have it, although some do not.

I vote for a very sooty flaxen chestnut.

[RacePony007]

He is a chocolate Haffy!!! Very Rare! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! Like a rocky mountain horse kind of!

[Drafty]

he kinda looks like a brindle in the one pic but he is def a chocolate or whatever you call it. But he is a halflinger

[KatieRenee33]

So is he Chocolate..or Pangare? LOL

Oh the reason he looks brindle is because in the first pictures its the shadow from the tree.

[FleetFeet]

Pangare is a variation in the horses coloration where the legs and underside are lighter than the rest of the coat. It is an addition to the horses color kinda like sooty or rubican. So I don't think you can technically call a horse just Pangare.

Here is a horse with flaxen(light mane and tail) and a very pronounced pangare expression:


Also, I don't think your horse is chocolate. Chocolate is more often used to imply that your horse carries the silver gene, which is another can of worms and as far as I know isn't found in hafies.

I would just say your horse is a liver chestnut with flaxen(lighter mane and tail). Technically speaking liver chestnut is not any different than regular chestnut, just a describer of the shade of chestnut.