The 'Plume' Horse Association

[Gaagii]

Welcome to the "Plume" Horse Association.

If you're wondering what a "plume" horse is, it's not a breed itself but rather a particular marking found that is currently called plume. You can find an ongoing color discussion about it here. The 'plume' appears to influence:

mane
.
fetlocks
.
including feathers
.
and to lesser degree tail

By adding a 'silvered' coloration.

It has been found in the following:
Bay with/without pangare, dun/zebra markings, metallic, or sooty,
Dilute (bay),
Roan (bay),
Varnish/leopard (bay)
&
Produces a sort of 'flaxen chestnut' (seemingly unrelated to actual chestnut).


Colors/Markings of question:
Black
Actual Chestnut
Brown
Intense Varnish/Leopard
Appaloosa Bronzing
Intense Sooty



Anyway

The PHA

The PHA is designed to help with further breeding of this coloration. I will be offering this 'plume' coloration to the public (around the end of June) so if interested please let me know.

The only 'request' is that if you breed to and/or purchase some 'plume' horses is some help with logging how this color works > either posting horses here or here

Thanks

[BlackOak2]

Sticking my vote for a purchase of both a mare and a stud when public sales open.

Age indeterminate (doesn't matter, old or young).
Color indeterminate with one exception (not chestnut).
Prefer all expressed points (mane, tail, feathers).

My competition line has a couple champagnes and creams as well as a little tobiano spread out in it, so they should offer some additional pictures in the future. As well as other genes (dun, pangare...etc..).

[Gaagii]

Sticking my vote for a purchase of both a mare and a stud when public sales open.

Age indeterminate (doesn't matter, old or young).
Color indeterminate with one exception (not chestnut).
Prefer all expressed points (mane, tail, feathers).

My competition line has a couple champagnes and creams as well as a little tobiano spread out in it, so they should offer some additional pictures in the future. As well as other genes (dun, pangare...etc..).

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1995890 & http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1989423

[BlackOak2]

Sticking my vote for a purchase of both a mare and a stud when public sales open.

Age indeterminate (doesn't matter, old or young).
Color indeterminate with one exception (not chestnut).
Prefer all expressed points (mane, tail, feathers).

My competition line has a couple champagnes and creams as well as a little tobiano spread out in it, so they should offer some additional pictures in the future. As well as other genes (dun, pangare...etc..).

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1995890 & http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1989423

Much gratitude!
Looking forward to adding these into the competition lines and designing that roman-harness horse look.

[Gaagii]

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1995890 & http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1989423

Much gratitude!
Looking forward to adding these into the competition lines and designing that roman-harness horse look.

Yep you're welcome.

[BlackOak2]

...

Decent breed-out from the mare I purchased. The first foal from the stud, however, didn't pass any plume coloration on (plus a failure in some other areas).

The mare's first child as a newborn:


As a yearling:


Came from a flat bay stud with little (in my opinion no) plume carriage at all.

[BlackOak2]

...

Don't know if this is something or not, but this colt didn't show any visible plume... however, now that he's growing up... is it just me, or is his mane and tail quite a bit more red then it should be? Usually bays, or even wild bays, which he is, have black manes and tails... Or am I forgetting something about wild bays?




Is this a possible expression of plume?

[Gaagii]

...

Don't know if this is something or not, but this colt didn't show any visible plume... however, now that he's growing up... is it just me, or is his mane and tail quite a bit more red then it should be? Usually bays, or even wild bays, which he is, have black manes and tails... Or am I forgetting something about wild bays?




Is this a possible expression of plume?

If it is, I haven't seen it before.

[Stick]

I'm interested! I'm not a very fast player when it comes to moving through turns, and I'm majorly focusing on other breeding projects over everything else, but I've always been interested in playing more with this gene.

I'd be happy to pick up any strong plumes when they're available, but I'm especially interested in horses that look like this gal that BlackOak2 pointed out to me the other day: http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/2018731
Is that confirmed plume on chestnut? It looks amazing.

Also, if there will be a place for us to share our own plume studs, I just had a boy grow up and is ready for breeding. Let me know if sharing his link here would be acceptable or not.

And thanks for starting this group! I'm excited to see where it goes.

[BlackOak2]

Champagne affected by pangare.
Not sure if what I see is a very weak expression of plume, or not. But still worth pinning here for another reference.

Foal image:


Yearling Image:


Horse Now: