[JBandRio]

Originally Posted by remaani

Sire, i believe like you mentioned couldnt be a true red roan, however, his colour has not changed since he was a yearling, he hasnt gotten any lighter, what would be expected of a greying out horse.... but im not sure what colour his dam is.

I just read this - if he's been that "roan" color since he was a yearling, then he is neither graying nor a roan. He could very well be a "roany" Sabino, with the Sabino putting all the white ticking all over his body.

[remaani]

[quote=JBandRio
It would help to know if the dam is homozygous for black or not. If she is, there is no way the foal can be chestnut.[/quote]

Thanks JBandRio.

Dam's foals that i know off, apart from this fella is, a 2005 black/white pinto, by my black solid, then a black/white pinto by a black/white pinto, thats all i know off.

[Appylvr]

Originally Posted by JBandRio

I just read this - if he's been that "roan" color since he was a yearling, then he is neither graying nor a roan. He could very well be a "roany" Sabino, with the Sabino putting all the white ticking all over his body.

That's what I thought too...

Cute foal! I have no idea what color he is... but I think that he's going to suprise you

[remaani]

Ive brought this thread back up, to show Sterling Paper Money (grand sire of the colt foal ive pictured) is in fact a silver & not a grey, lol.

Here's his son (ive just gotten), out of a plain chestnut mare.

Taken last Yr.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...lverdollar.jpg

And today.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...8thjan2007.jpg

Here is the colt foal, Smokey, taken a short time again, his colour still baffles me & i still havent been told what colour his sire really is! (his grandsire is the sire of the colt pictured above).
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...ey/20thdec.jpg

[Blistering Winds]

ponies have even more color complications that can make your head spin.....

[remaani]

Telling me, lol.

[Little Red Dun]

I heard on some forum that certain colors behave "oddly" in some breeds, like dun is a little different in Fjords. And they mentioned that in Miniatures and Shetlands, colors tend to behave the "oddest".

[cassidy]

i couldnt get the link to work

[Blistering Winds]

Originally Posted by Little Red Dun

I heard on some forum that certain colors behave "oddly" in some breeds, like dun is a little different in Fjords. And they mentioned that in Miniatures and Shetlands, colors tend to behave the "oddest".

The color patterns/shades are not different due to breeds.

They are different because some breeds carry other genetic additions to the patterns.

Ponies carry the Silver, Melee (something or other) and various other modifiers you do not find in the quarter horses, thoroughbreds, paints, and other more known horses to be color tested.

There are many more modifiers than the Dun, Roan, Agouti, and Creme that we deal with. MUCH more.

A dun with no other modifiers will still be a dun. Doesn't matter if it is in a Fjord or a Quarter Horse.

However, top the dun off with a silver, and you get one weird looking dun. (and one I'd die for in the quarter horse lines....)

[Little Red Dun]

I think they were referring to how strongly it tends to be expressed. For example, a silver dapple Quarter Horse might be rather subtle and just have a light flaxen mane and tail, while a silver dapple Shetland or Miniature would have a strongly dappled near-silver body and white mane and tail.

I'm not saying they were correct, just something I heard and thought was interesting. It made me wonder if maybe certain genes found in certain breeds may make colors express differently.

Oh, and did you mean Mealy/Pangare?