My blue roan gelding is almost 3 years old now. I absolutely love him to pieces! Anyways, I need some educated input on his coloring. I bought him from a guy who got him out of a show barn, he is registered and would have been an excellent show prospect, but he has a scar on his back right pastern. So, automatic dq in the big shows. (Which is fine by me because this is how I was able to get my boy) In the transition of ownership, they were unwilling to release his papers. He was owned by a partnership with three individuals, and one of them did not agree with him being sold and would not sign off.
What do you think about his color? Right now he looks black in his winter coat. These pictures were taken last summer when I got him, he was so lanky and a bit underweight then. He's filled out nicely now.
He looks blue roan from those photos. One from the side would help more. Roans always get dark in the winter, many blue roans turn almost completely black and then shed out to their normal roan color.
Is it possible he's actually rabicano? I know it has a tendency to show clustere and on the sides/hindquarters like that. Unfortunately its hard to tell from the pics. Posted via Mobile Device
I thought that at first too, which is why I asked for a different picture, but I don't think so with the way the roaning goes down the back legs. Rabicano can stretch way up to the chest, but usually stays off the legs.
Have you got any really clear photos of his face? I am beginning to wonder if he is grey - I can see a lot of lighter hairs in his tail, a good calling card of grey as opposed to roan, which does not lighten the tail.
It tends to lighten the tail head more than the rest of the tail. Even extreme cases tend to have a fairly solid colour to the tail before you get very far down:
He has Silver Design on his top side, so yes he has roan in his lines. I'll see if I can find a better pic of his face. I also wondered about grey because of his tail. Is it possible he is a blue roan with an expressed grey gene? I am completely color/genetics ignorant.
wth. I went back and read the OP. Instead of 3, I read it as him being almost 6. I don't even know how, but I completely discounted gray because of it. Deeeerrrp. :lol: Moar caffeine for Po.
This is a pic of Silver Design, who is clearly grey and not roan.
I would say there is a good chance he is actually grey as well, as roans will not have white hair on their faces or below the knees/hocks typically (other than markings.) And it does not affect their manes or tails either.
He looks blue roan to me. Some roans can indeed have white hairs in the mane and tail.
What color are the sire and dam?
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