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Oddball Colt

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Just had this blanket foal born but his sire, dam, and grands aren't blanket! :lol: he's so cute, I thought i'd share.
He's blue roan, correct? Hopefully his foal coat doesn't change much :D

Genetics, gotta love the oddities!

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Retsi wrote:Just had this blanket foal born but his sire, dam, and grands aren't blanket! :lol: he's so cute, I thought i'd share.
He's blue roan, correct? Hopefully his foal coat doesn't change much :D

Genetics, gotta love the oddities!

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He's a blue roan blanket underneath, but he's actually grey. His sire is also grey, but the owner just labelled it as high varnish. The horse is also varnish, but grey is what is causing him to be so entirely light all over. Eventually he will be all white and you won't be able to see his snowflakes.
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I would not be so hasty on the grey, he might grey or he might not, but he is definitly black/blue roan blanket and will varnish with age
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Alana wrote:I would not be so hasty on the grey, he might grey or he might not, but he is definitly black/blue roan blanket and will varnish with age
Actually on HWO the foal coat is a very clear indicator of whether or not a horse will turn grey. Most horses are born with a foal coat that is different from their adult coat, but grey horses are born with an adult coat and turn grey as they get older. If this foal were just a regular blue roan and not a grey he would have been born this color (though this foal has no blanket or tiger eye):
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And here is a true grulla versus a greying grulla. The second picture will take you to the horse so you can confirm where the baby picture came from:
GrullaGrey on Grulla
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The grey horse was born with a coat you would expect to find on an adult horse rather than one you'd expect to find on a newborn. The same is true of all greys: grey on brown cream dun, grey on sooty smoky brown, grey on sable dun, grey on yellow dun are just are a few examples.

Edit: Oops, wrong link in the table the first time around. :?
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Raikit wrote: Actually on HWO the foal coat is a very clear indicator of whether or not a horse will turn grey. Most horses are born with a foal coat that is different from their adult coat, but grey horses are born with an adult coat and turn grey as they get older.
I stand corrected, I had no idea about this so thank you for educating me :)
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Alana wrote: I stand corrected, I had no idea about this so thank you for educating me :)
It's an odd quirk of the game that I find very handy. :) (And I apologize if I went a bit over-the-top - I do a lot of research into the colors here and when I start explaining something I seem to automatically go into lecture mode. :oops: )
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Raikit wrote:
Alana wrote: I stand corrected, I had no idea about this so thank you for educating me :)
It's an odd quirk of the game that I find very handy. :) (And I apologize if I went a bit over-the-top - I do a lot of research into the colors here and when I start explaining something I seem to automatically go into lecture mode. :oops: )
I love lecture mode, means I get to learn something new :D and it is a very handy quirk indeed, never bred any greys myself so hence the lack of knowledge :P
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Raikit wrote:.
Hmmm, look at my boy now! :lol: I think you were right.



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Retsi wrote:
Hmmm, look at my boy now! :lol: I think you were right.



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Yep, definitely got his grey goggles now. :)
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Retsi wrote:Just had this blanket foal born but his sire, dam, and grands aren't blanket! :lol: he's so cute, I thought i'd share.
He's blue roan, correct? Hopefully his foal coat doesn't change much :D

Genetics, gotta love the oddities!

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Everybody else has covered his coat color so may I just say he is absolutely lovely :o
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