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Question on grey

Ive just read on another forum that when a horse greys the mane and tail are the last to change colour , is that true? I have a mini from last years foal crop that is greying and his mane and tail are the first to change colour now I am beginning to wonder if Ive got it wrong as the poster(a member on main board) called the colt a silver bay

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 19:47

looks silver bay to me, also since it is not mature yet, it can still be changing colors some from foal coat to adult coat

Daylene Alford Wed, 02/25/2009 - 19:50

I don't see any sign of gray in the colt. Is silver bay a possibility? It maybe interesting to see what color he sheds off this spring.

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:02

Yea, that definately looks silver bay to me.The white tail gives it away. Do you have any full pics of the mother?

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:12

The mother looks like she could be a silver bay, but the picture for me is rather small and I cant click it to enlarge it.

supaspot60 Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:18

this colt and the first colt are related , their dams are sisters , so what colour would you call him then ( his mane and tail are getting whiter as he ages ?
oops Im on the wrong page - should be on the what colour ! sorry
Illlook for a bigger pic

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:22

From that small picture I do want to say that mare is silver bay. They can look almost the same as a chestnut with flaxen. Also there could be a chance that sire is a black silver with graying, but I dont know his background.

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:34

Well its very possible you have a silver bay with graying. He is still young so, in a few years you will know for sure at least on the graying part, or if you get him DNA tested.

Daylene Alford Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:37

In that picture you can defiantly see the gray. Flaxen chestnut going gray. Gray will often darken the legs before the horse turns white.

I think both the dam and the sibling are flaxen chestnut. The dam just isn't the right color for silver bay imo. I would expect the lower legs to be darker.

CMhorses Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:42

If the mare has dark silvery roots in her mane and tail then shes silver, if its honey colored then she is just a flaxen chestnut, and that mare looks like she has an awful lot of white around her nose...does that look pangare to anyone? or is it just something else.I cant ever remember seeing a chestnut w/flaxen having that white of a nose but hey, I could be crazy. Also the sire could be a black silver or bay silver (I dont know what he looked like as a foal) with graying.
The second foal just looks chestnut w/flaxen imo.

Daylene Alford Wed, 02/25/2009 - 21:52

[quote]If the mare has dark silvery roots in her mane and tail then shes silver, if its honey colored then she is just a flaxen chestnut[/quote] That is not always true CM....

Here is just one example

[img]http://www.morgancolors.com/HeavensAnge…]
She is tested as ee

They have several other examples at [url]http://www.morgancolors.com/othercolors…]

This kind of silvery mane without silver is also common in Welsh ponies.

Sara Thu, 02/26/2009 - 00:32

[quote="admin"]This kind of silvery mane without silver is also common in Welsh ponies.[/quote]

I was also going to point this out. My flaxen chestnut Welsh mare has silver hairs too.

Wow, so many smilies and not a nodding one!

supaspot60 Sat, 02/28/2009 - 19:55

phew , I thought I was going to have to change his reg papers and you know how difficult that can be ! silver would have been interesting but theres no point in testing the stallion as he has since been gelded

supaspot60 Sun, 03/01/2009 - 19:32

just before I close this topic , could you take a look at this pic ( it was taken a couple of weeks ago) arent his legs too dark to be chestnut ?

accphotography Sun, 03/08/2009 - 16:29

I say bay going gray. Dam and her other foal flaxen chestnut. I think the light mane and tail on the foal are just "baby flaxen", which does happen on bay and black.

ACC

supaspot60 Sun, 03/08/2009 - 19:16

just for reference ....I have another grey question I was once told that silver speeds up the greying process , is there any truth in that ?

accphotography Sun, 03/08/2009 - 19:26

I meant to mention that. Yes, it's true. Many gray + silver are born white. Another reson I don't think silver in this case.

ACC