Roan or Varnish Roan?
Itz
July 29, 2012 July 29, 2012
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This is not my horse, but a horse I found at another forum. There was a small dispute over the color of the horse. I claim that it's a Varnish Roan (the white on the body, the color of the hoof without the markings, the eye... well, basically everything :P Others seem sure of just ordinary Red Roan.
I offered to post the photos here to get an answer from people who know more about equine colors, so I very much appriaciate all the replies I can get!
[img]http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac65/PaulineHogdahl/Namnlss.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac65/PaulineHogdahl/Namnls.jpg[/img]
As I assumed
As I assumed then.
Unfortunatly people around here find it hard to tell varning and true roan apart. A usual missunderstanding is that only horses with spots or blankets are leopard(/Tiger, as they are more known as here). Lots of horses with this coloring are therefore put in the (red, in this case)roan category.
Varnish
Varnish