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Ok another Bay with a funky mane

Here is Belle my last foal of 2012 out of Shimmer by Banner Now she is Bay but again she has the silvery grey/black mane (very little black mind) Hardly any black in her tail either and again a mix of those silvery grey hairs She has 2 socks - Near fore and off hind. Her near hind is a stripy hoof and might have a small sock. Her off front though is solid but that has some faint stripes in it. [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/Belleedit-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/Bellemane2edit.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/Bellemane3edit2.jpg[/IMG] Not great hoof pics but can get better tomorrow Stripey hoof [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/Stripeyhoofedit.jpg[/IMG] White hoof [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/Whitehoofedit.jpg[/IMG] And just for the "Awww factor" [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/BelleandJess2edit.jpg[/…] [IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/Minimad1/BelleandJessedit.jpg[/I…]

Bannerminis Tue, 06/26/2012 - 09:34

Well I know she cant be chestnut as Shimmer is Homozygous for Black so she is Bay but then I tested Banner for Silver and he came back negative - the reason I tested him is because he did remind me of a silver buckskin.
The genetics crowd said they tested Shimmer for Silver as a freebee for all the tests I had done but said she was negative.

So if the filly is a Silver bay where is the silver coming from??

Am I now going to have to test all 3 of them??

Threnody Tue, 06/26/2012 - 09:48

The chestnut eyelashes are not making me think silver. Could be really light foal flaxen. Her sire has lots of mane frosting so he may have passed that on. We may have to wait and see at the first shed.

rabbitsfizz Thu, 07/05/2012 - 07:43

No, I disagree. She is Bay, OK but not a "normal" Bay. For a start she has a grey mane and tail, which is not "normal"!

RiddleMeThis Thu, 07/05/2012 - 15:28

Its incredibly normal on a foal coat. If she was an adult Id say differently. But IMO its very normal for a foal.

supaspot60 Sun, 07/15/2012 - 18:10

she looks silver bay to me , she even has striped feet , is there any chance she could be a sunny filly? check your dates

Bannerminis Mon, 07/16/2012 - 05:09

No fear of a Sunny baby as they have never run together and even though he was here with Rosie for a couple of wks they had a post and rail fence between them with a wire mesh. Shimmer was in Season when Banner came back in and he covered her for 3 days and that was it. Shimmer foaled 2 wks early and the foaled looked it too

I have applied for her test and hope to send off samples this week