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Any ideas on this DD?

This is dustys half sister, we 'think' shes a smokey cream or perlino? Her sire is "[b]Lazy D Rocks Golddigger[/b]" buckskin (same sire as my colt Dusty) Her dam is "[b]Forgotton Sensation[/b]" orange pally mare who is a QH x Australian Stock horse(ASH) Sensation's sire is a cherry red chestnut QH "[b]Amaroo Forgotton Hero[/b]" & her dam was a medium shade pally ASH mare, the nice golden coloured type. All pics of parents & grandparents can be seen here: http://etongrove.webs.com/broodmares.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The dam of the filly in question, just like her full sister, were both born red with red manes and tails and shed to orange coloured pallies. There sire Hero seems to throw the darker coloured dilute shades, im not sure why or how that happens? Anyhow the filly was born a real smokey grey colour but now looks like a perlino or cremello. Sire is tested EeAa. Carries red :( Any ideas? We (Im best mates with owner of the stud & created her website) will be getting her tested whens shes reg, dna'd & weaned.

dakotakdq Thu, 01/07/2010 - 17:43

not quite that dark Audrey, she also has an orange tinge to her ears now, and dark spots on her muzzle? I always thought DD had to have fully pink skin? she does have a blaze but of course hard to see on a DD! :D

dakotakdq Thu, 01/07/2010 - 17:50

yep thats what she has, same as your piccy. I have never seen it before, but I havent seen an aweful lot of DD in person either.

dakotakdq Thu, 01/07/2010 - 23:02

I have seen Diaq's lovely colt in piccys many times, hes a hard one to tell as well! This filly is very similar to him, but I guess only a test will tell her true colour for sure :D

dakotakdq Fri, 01/08/2010 - 16:43

no owner couldnt get camera to work that week! grrr.
this pic is a few days old, you can see her blaze in it :) condisering both parents have very minimal white (as do there grandparents as well) shes has a fair bit of chrome! :)

dakotakdq Fri, 01/08/2010 - 21:22

thats what I thought too, but she was darker at birth (smokey hue to her coat) and now has redish tinged ears. beats me on her colour, I giv up! lol ;)

accphotography Fri, 01/08/2010 - 21:51

I'm really leaning to black base then. Because of how uniform she is (and what you've said of her birth color) I'm leaning to smokey cream... but she could be perlino I suppose.

rabbitsfizz Sat, 01/09/2010 - 09:47

From the baby picture I think she is a Perlino, not a Smoky Cream, but, as you know, that is just an educated guess.
Without testing you really cannot tell with CrCr, but she doesn't look like a Smoky Cream foal to me.