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Re: Silver
I guess what I'm saying is I never really knew that! I knew silver affected bays and blacks, because of being told that. I never really realized or researched the "why". Or maybe I knew that silver affects black pigment only and assumed that "black pigment" meant black base. It just never really registered.
Therefore I sounded like a big idiot and that's probably the reason why you didn't understand my question. :mrgreen:
Re: Silver
Except that in the case of my colt who is EE Zz (tested), there isn't much in the way of dilution.
His mum is the same colour, but a bit more dappled & has a very silver mane & tail.
He had quite a bit of silver in his mane & tail as a bub, but it is pretty much gone now, he is a yearling
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Re: Silver
[quote="thorwood"]Except that in the case of my colt who is EE Zz (tested), there isn't much in the way of dilution.
His mum is the same colour, but a bit more dappled & has a very silver mane & tail.
He had quite a bit of silver in his mane & tail as a bub, but it is pretty much gone now, he is a yearling
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Wow! Would have never guessed that horse was Silver.
Re: Silver
I am not really sure what you are saying. Yes, silver only affects the expression of eumelanin (black) pigment. Since bays express eumelanin, they do show silver. It does not affect the pheomelanin of bay horses therefore no change is made to the red body color.