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Mystery colt ;)

Goonhorse May 23, 2010 February 22, 2011

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This is my friends new colt. He's out of a grade pony mare and stallion. The mare is definitely chestnut, and the stallion appears bay, but who knows... So what color is this little guy? [img]http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/bornnraisedhawkeye/DSC06085.jpg…] [img]http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/bornnraisedhawkeye/DSC06087.jpg…] [img]http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/bornnraisedhawkeye/DSC06088.jpg…]

Goonhorse Mon, 05/24/2010 - 09:56

I'm trying to get his owner to get the sire color tested, but so far she hasn't. I think maybe I'll get her talked into it, though. ;)

Goonhorse Mon, 05/24/2010 - 14:10

[quote="rodeoratdogs"]He looks bay, does he have one blue eye? cool 8-)[/quote]

Yeah, he does. His sire has two blue eyes. Very much splash. :)

rodeoratdogs Mon, 05/24/2010 - 14:13

[quote="Goonhorse"][quote="rodeoratdogs"]He looks bay, does he have one blue eye? cool 8-)[/quote]

Yeah, he does. His sire has two blue eyes. Very much splash. :)[/quote]

Do you or can you get pics of the parents? Does his sire have more white on the face or?

rodeoratdogs Mon, 05/31/2010 - 19:47

I agree the stallion is really cool, but I can't believe that the foal doesn't have more white than he does, but it happens.

accphotography Mon, 05/31/2010 - 19:58

Well, if one believes the splash as incomplete dominant theory, that baby proves how minimal splash can be. LOL

Danni Mon, 05/31/2010 - 20:07

Definately!

It's not so much the incomplete dominant theory I have trouble with, just that homozygous splash always being the loud markings. I figure so many of the Gypsy Cobs are splash, that heaps must be homozygous, and identifying them over and above the others. It just seems more random like tobi would be, with just minimal and maximal expression??

rodeoratdogs Mon, 05/31/2010 - 20:11

[quote="accphotography"]Well, if one believes the splash as incomplete dominant theory, that baby proves how minimal splash can be. LOL[/quote]

Well he does have Splash, the blue eye proves it.

rodeoratdogs Mon, 05/31/2010 - 20:26

[quote="Danni"]Definately!

It's not so much the incomplete dominant theory I have trouble with, just that homozygous splash always being the loud markings. I figure so many of the Gypsy Cobs are splash, that heaps must be homozygous, and identifying them over and above the others. It just seems more random like tobi would be, with just minimal and maximal expression??[/quote]

Well I'm only familiar with american stock horse breeds, very familiar, did ya notice :rofl Anyway we would pass of minimal frames and splash as solids for years, still do for that matter, but then we would have these very loud patterned frames and splash out of 2 so called solid horses.

Goonhorse Tue, 06/01/2010 - 07:57

Here is his (the colt) half sister. She's out of an appendix mare. I don't have any good pictures of the dam, but she does have a wide blaze and a tiny bit of white on her one leg.

The filly's legs have white on them, too, but it's hard to tell because she was so muddy!
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rodeoratdogs Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:01

What a cute filly!That amout of white and the Splash pattern is probably my favorite markings, along with the bay color.

rabbitsfizz Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:05

Yes, of course the biggest problem with pretending Minimals are Solids is OLWS.............
Is there any actual proof that H/Z Splash are always max?
I do like that stallion, but the mare appears to have Splash as well.
My Splash mare has only a small white star.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/…]

RiddleMeThis Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:10

Depends on what you consider proof RF. Plenty of breeding proof (ACC and I are still working on our website/table/thing but we have both been INCREDIBLY busy) but papers or anything, no.

rodeoratdogs Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:17

[quote="rabbitsfizz"]Yes, of course the biggest problem with pretending Minimals are Solids is OLWS.............
Is there any actual proof that H/Z Splash are always max?
I do like that stallion, but the mare appears to have Splash as well.
My Splash mare has only a small white star.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/…]

What a Dolly :love , how do you know that she is Splash then, does she produce it?

Goonhorse Tue, 06/01/2010 - 15:34

rabbitsfizz, what makes you think the mare has splash as well? I don't know a whole lot about patterns and stuff and like to learn. :)