Can I even kid myself she won't grey out?
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Thanks for the replies
Thanks for the replies everybody! Although I wish I never asked now haha. Her goggles aren't grey, just a normal chestnut colour in person, and I was hoping that because she has chestnut eyelashes and not white hairs on her head and legs other than her marking that there was a chance she would just be a roan.
I have never experienced so much white on a coat of a foal that is going to grey out, and the grey tail. Is this a regular thing?
I find this site fascinating, with colours I had never even heard of before. I will have to get a picture of my Irish Sports Horse mare as I can't decide what colour she is, everybody classes her as a liver chestnut but she is like a silvery chocolate colour with black and chocolate mane, and stripey legs!
The "liver chestnut" could be
The "liver chestnut" could be that, but it actually sounds more like a chocolate palomino to me.
Your baby's tail may not have anything to do with being gray. I've seen tails like that on the occasional non gray bub. It's not really any actual gray hairs on the foal that tell me gray is there, it's the overall tone of the body color.
That definitely looks like a
That definitely looks like a baby going gray to me! Sorry!