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Reverse Palomino Appaloosa?! Please Help!

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Alright, so, this December my friend finally got a horse, Natasha. She's a really nice mare, 16 years old, well trained, ect.

But we have really do not know what color to call her. We were told that she is a palomino appaloosa, but by that, most people think of a palomino horse with white spots. She is the exact opposite; light colored horse with palomino spots, then some odd smudging and roaning on her face, legs, and general coat.

All we know is that she is at least part Appaloosa and part Quarter Horse. Apparently, her mother (and Appy) was bred by a QH stallion in the auction pen! Her previous owners bought her from her mother's buyers when she was a yearling, and according to them, she had a bright chestnut blanket then.

We were thinking palomino varnish roan appaloosa, since she looks a lot like some horses that are claiming to be varnish roans. But, I am no expert on colors, so I'm turning her over to the color experts here. What do you think she is?

The first pic is the day we got her, mid-December. She had been blanketed most of the fall, but when we bought her, she was unblanketed the last few weeks before we picked her up, since we don't blanket.

The next one was taken this week, after she's shedded out a bit and had a nice bath.
 
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Pictures!

Early December (she was sort of a Christmas Present!)

Taken mid-April. The ones in the evening were after her bath, the one out on the dirt, with the hoses in the background, was before.





And others from various times during the last 3 months.




Oh, and on Thursday, we found out she actually has Lyme disease, so she's on treatment right now. No clue if that would dull or change her coat in any way...

And sorry if those don't work.
 
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When i seen the topic 'reverse palomino' i almost pooped my pants to see this horse- i was so excited.. then i was like.. 'heyyy thats a varnish' lmbo. :-p

She is a very cute horse!!
 
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she is a cutie patootie no matter what color she is.

I own a palomino and he has some darker spots on his butt. When I follow my hubby when he is hauling them, Biscuit looks like an App almost. One of his spots is an odd bronze metallic color and the others are just darker gold!
 
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Thank you all!

Remali- It was very strange actually. We were just out on a quick bareback hop-on ride, and she was being her usual rather high-strung, crowhopping self, then suddenly, she just stopped. We got to one of our favorite galloping spots, a large grassy hill, and it was just like she had lost all her energy. She just stood there. We tried to get her to move, first asking, then demanding, then coaxing, until we noticed that she had started trembling. That was when we decided to walk her back and see what my mom said. It took forever though, Maddie leading and me following on Broddi, sometimes having to whack her to keep her moving. All the while contemplating all sorts of horrible things that she could have, and if it was contagious, she is kept in the same pasture as a pregnant mare, and should we isolate her, ect. It didn't help that we had just talked in 4-H about several horrible equine diseases you can vaccinate against, and the symptoms, some of which were trembling, weakness, ect.

At first, we thought it was colic, then the vet thought grass tetni, then, after a blood test, diagnosed Lyme. She's back to riding tomorrow. We'll see how she does!
 
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