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Pally or chestnut??

slaneyrose February 19, 2011 February 22, 2011

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This is my 2yr old filly Skye, she is a miniature horse so usual rules dont necessarily apply I know! lol :BH Her sire is a silver black tobiano and dam is solid silver black, no cream in either. My friend missunderstood who has just joined, has a mare on here (dam of her pally colt) who looks almost identical, so are they the same colour or is it possible that missy`s mare is a palomino and mine chestnut (I believe she carries silver but havent tested her yet)???

slaneyrose Sat, 02/19/2011 - 21:44

But is that because you know the 2nd mare had a pally foal? lol I`m not disagreeing with you, I have just never seen such a dark palomino before. :love

accphotography Sat, 02/19/2011 - 22:31

Nope, it's her tone. Her mane and tail aren't flaxen, they're white. Her body tone is the right shade for palomino (in big horses anyway) whereas the other... just isn't. *shrugs*

slaneyrose Sat, 02/19/2011 - 23:17

Thanks Acc.

Mis, looks like I owe you an apology, you have the darkest palomino I have ever seen! :love

CheyAut Sun, 02/20/2011 - 04:52

I agree with ACC, chestnut on yours and palo on the other (unusual to be so dark on a mini but still...) due to the tone.

lipigirl Sun, 02/20/2011 - 07:08

There are lots of dark Palaminos out there and with the addition of sooty - they can be very dark indeed -

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rabbitsfizz Sun, 02/20/2011 - 11:01

I have never, ever seen a Mini Palomino that dark- but we have very few that are Palomino without Dun, and the Dun seems to lighten them.
I would only be happy to accept her as Palomino if she were tested......

lipigirl Sun, 02/20/2011 - 11:30

....yes but as discussed in the OP the sire could have easily have passed on the cream not the mare - however Slaney - as you can see there are some very dark pallys out there.

supaspot60 Sun, 02/20/2011 - 12:19

the second mare produced a dilute foal from a red and white stallion as well as the pally foal from the bay / dark bucky so I believe her to be palomino

rabbitsfizz Sun, 02/20/2011 - 12:50

I am not convinced the foal she had to Marky was Palomino- but I have only seen one picture (or possibly two, it was what, a year, two years ago?)

lipigirl Sun, 02/20/2011 - 13:24

[quote="slaneyrose"]Have they all been tested lippy?[/quote]

yes most of them have because they were so dark - as you can see some don't even look Pally because of the sooty. I have now seen a picture of the mare's previous foal to Remark and I agree with Fizz he could be chestnut roaning making him look lighter than he is so I have asked for unclipped pictures. ;-)