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What colour are my horses? (Pure_Breeding)

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I have just started up a pure breeding farm with Arabians, Turkmenes and North African Barbs. I have a little knowledge on colours and genetics, but I still need a little help finding out the gene colours of some of my horses.
If any of you are able to help me, that would be awesome!

Knight (2nd Generation Turkmene)
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3410037

Ranger (2nd Generation Arabian)
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3409114

Rose (2nd Generation North African Barb)
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3410715

Mars (2nd Generation Akhal-Teke)
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3412540

Pine (50% Arabian x North African Barb)
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3412541

Thank you so much!
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Re: What colour are my horses? (Pure_Breeding)

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Pure_Breeding wrote:
Knight is Smoky Black - black + 1x cream. His grayish foal coat indicates the presence of the cream. If he didn't have it his foal coat would have been more red.

Ranger is Gray on a bay base.

Rose is Smoky Brown at base with either dun, roan, or both. It's hard to tell right now.

Also just as a note, it can be difficult determining a horse's color before it hits its first birthday. Generally the best way to be sure of the color is to take a picture at birth and then again at 1 year for comparison. Rose is a good example of this. Once she hits a year it will be much easier to tell if the lightness of her body is due to roan and her dun markers will have grown in. As she is I'm pretty confident she has both but can't be sure until her foal coat has grown out.
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Silverine wrote:
Pure_Breeding wrote:
Knight is Smoky Black - black + 1x cream. His grayish foal coat indicates the presence of the cream. If he didn't have it his foal coat would have been more red.

Ranger is Gray on a bay base.

Rose is Smoky Brown at base with either dun, roan, or both. It's hard to tell right now.

Also just as a note, it can be difficult determining a horse's color before it hits its first birthday. Generally the best way to be sure of the color is to take a picture at birth and then again at 1 year for comparison. Rose is a good example of this. Once she hits a year it will be much easier to tell if the lightness of her body is due to roan and her dun markers will have grown in. As she is I'm pretty confident she has both but can't be sure until her foal coat has grown out.
Thank you so much! The foals are older now, plus there are a couple more so it might be easier for you to tell the colours now!
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Pure_Breeding wrote:Thank you so much! The foals are older now, plus there are a couple more so it might be easier for you to tell the colours now!
The only one I wasn't quite sure with was Rose and it is much easier to tell now that she is older. :D She does indeed have both dun and roan so she is a Smoky Brown Dun Roan.
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Silverine wrote:
Pure_Breeding wrote:Thank you so much! The foals are older now, plus there are a couple more so it might be easier for you to tell the colours now!
The only one I wasn't quite sure with was Rose and it is much easier to tell now that she is older. :D She does indeed have both dun and roan so she is a Smoky Brown Dun Roan.
Thank you! You are amazing! Also, what colour is Pine? I am debating whether to sell him or not...
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Pure_Breeding wrote: Thank you! You are amazing! Also, what colour is Pine? I am debating whether to sell him or not...
He's gray, like his dad. But underneath that he's buckskin roan - bay + 1x cream + roan. His mom gave him both the roan and the cream - she's a smoky black (black with a hidden cream).
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Silverine wrote:
Pure_Breeding wrote: Thank you! You are amazing! Also, what colour is Pine? I am debating whether to sell him or not...
He's gray, like his dad. But underneath that he's buckskin roan - bay + 1x cream + roan. His mom gave him both the roan and the cream - she's a smoky black (black with a hidden cream).
Thank you!
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Three new foals have been born today!!!

First up we have Comet, a +1 Turkmene colt:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434299

Second to be born was Berry, a +1 Arabian Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434465

And, last but now least (also, maybe my favourite) was Lily, a +1 North African Barb Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3438222

If anybody could help with the colours of these three new foals, it would be greatly appreciated!
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Pure_Breeding wrote:Three new foals have been born today!!!

First up we have Comet, a +1 Turkmene colt:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434299

Second to be born was Berry, a +1 Arabian Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434465

And, last but now least (also, maybe my favourite) was Lily, a +1 North African Barb Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3438222

If anybody could help with the colours of these three new foals, it would be greatly appreciated!
Comet is a Tobiano Chestnut and looks like they're metallic (so Tobiano Metallic Chestnut)
Berry is a Grey on Wild Bay
Lily is a Tobiano Black Dun Roan, you could also call her a Tobiano Blue Roan Dun or Tobiano Grulla Roan.
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Re: What colour are my horses? (Pure_Breeding)

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Malakai10 wrote:
Pure_Breeding wrote:Three new foals have been born today!!!

First up we have Comet, a +1 Turkmene colt:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434299

Second to be born was Berry, a +1 Arabian Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3434465

And, last but now least (also, maybe my favourite) was Lily, a +1 North African Barb Filly:
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/3438222

If anybody could help with the colours of these three new foals, it would be greatly appreciated!
Comet is a Tobiano Chestnut and looks like they're metallic (so Tobiano Metallic Chestnut)
Berry is a Grey on Wild Bay
Lily is a Tobiano Black Dun Roan, you could also call her a Tobiano Blue Roan Dun or Tobiano Grulla Roan.
Thank you so much!
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