Calico Tobiano
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A girl told me, that she
A girl told me, that she thought that my new Walking Horse foal is Calico Tobiano. I have never heard of the calico before, and it's almost impossible to google it.
Here's my new boy:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/…]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/…]
As you can see on the first picture, he has some really unusual markings on his hind, and he also has some on the other side.
On this picture it actually might be easier to see:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/…]
I know that the calico gene only will show if the horse has both the creme and the tobiano gene, and this boy has both.
Do you think he could be calico tobiano, and if - How do I know for sure?
I've heard that it isn't possible to test?
Thanks for your
Thanks for your answers.
Well, I don't know if he has any patches of non-cream color. I haven't seen him yet (I'm waiting to get him to Denmark).
But unless the mark above his tail is bay, I doubt that he has:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/…]
So he's just regular buckskin tobiano, or? (sorry, I don't know much about the colorgenetics just yet)
I wonder if it's not that his
I wonder if it's not that his booty spot is darker, but that the hip is roaned out like we see in some tobiano horses. Like this one http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i51/B…
Re: Calico Tobiano
[quote="rodeoratdogs"]I just got in touch with a old friend, thanks to Amanda :) Anyway she sent me pictures of her horses and told me about the website where I could look at their sire. Is he a calico Tobiano? He just has the one darker spot and it's pretty dark, here is the pics of him. http://www.freewebs.com/katebarnz/apps/…" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;[/quote]
He has those dark spots on his hip and flank AND a gold spot on his left elbow. He sure is an odd one!