Palomino pinto. It's hard to say which pinto pattern(s) from that photo, but looks like tobiano plus at least one more (since tobiano doesn't cause face white)
Palomino tobiano would be your easiest description. Palomino is his base color (gold body with white mane and tail) and the majority of his white is coming from tobiano (color on his flank and face, white legs and white on his back, and just general round shaped markings). But, like verona said, tobiano is not currently known to put white markings on the face, meaning another gene is there. Do you have another full body picture of him?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say chestnut (flaxen?) is the base colour. The light mane is coming from the white pinto colouring and doesn't continue all the way up like it would for a palomino. I won't comment on the pinto pattern because I'm not that good at this, but it does almost look like he's roaning a little on his bum in the first picture, but that may be the sun reflecting on it. I'm just guessing. There are others on here that can comment with more surety than I can.
Totally aside from colour, he looks a little underweight.
completely agree, i just got him, he's a stallion so he has been kept by himself in a paddock with almost nothing to graze on. I will be focusing on fattening him up.
I might as well tell you this because someone else will anyway, but is there a reason he isn't gelded? He might be pokey and pleasant now, but once he starts to put on more weight and is receiving adequate nutrition, he might start to show his aggressive stallion tendencies that come naturally. I'm not trying to be mean, but others have very strong opinions about this and will probably made them known.
That is a generalization of immense magnitude. He could be the sweetest, most laid back horse she ever has. It's all in his general temper, he could end up wild as a March Hare as a gelding too.
Would love a better picture of his left side if you could get it? One taken on a cloudy day, or under a tree if it is sunny, with no tack on - that would be the perfect picture lol. Would love to see any other pictures of that side though
True, but I don't think it's necessarily inaccurate either. Generally, stallions tend to be more aggressive than geldings. Of course not all, but many are.
I don't find that to be true at all. I have had several stallions and I require them to all be very gentle and mannerly. Geldings are also required to be mannerly. I don't handle them any differently unless I am actively breeding or collecting the stallion. Then I am a little more watchful of the stallion but I still don't expect or accept aggression. Since that's how I make my living, I won't tolerate an aggressive stallion and I find that the aggression comes from inadequate HUMAN handling.
we're gelding him, he's from a very close friend! he's going through proper re training cause it's been a while since he was broken in, not gonna geld him unless i know he's gonna be perfect for me because if not theres no point, he helps produce beautiful foals i'll get a better photo when im down next!
What's his breeding? What have his foals gone on to do? I'm asking because if he doesn't work out for you and you sell him, it's something to consider if you are already considering gelding him anyway. A stallion without a show record may be a bit more difficult to sell, depending on the demand. Just a thought is all. If he were mine and I didn't have the ability or money to put into training him to show or at least be a very, VERY good ranch horse if he were up to the task then I would just geld him. Not trying to attack at all, that's just what I would do. He is gorgeous!
I'm really interested to see a clearer photo of his left side... Very interesting!
and he's actually so super quiet compared to most stallions, his father is very sweet too but much more rowdy in comparison, i'm not worried to be honest, he's very calm as it is and would much prefer to be a one on one ridden horse than be a stallion.
I'm not disagreeing. My main point was that once he is receiving proper nutrition, he may get a little more energetic and show some stallion behaviours. May. Perhaps I wasn't clear when I worded it, but I would hazard to say that there is some predisposition for aggression sometimes... testosterone does that. However, proper training and handling, etc., can mitigate this. I wasn't saying he would, I was just saying he could. Every horse in an individual and every handler is an individual. I see the OP mentioned he is being gelded though, so it's a non-issue.
Sorry to hijack your thread, OP. He's pretty cute.
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