My university is having a horse production sale and my friend is interested in this filly. They have her listed as a grey, but we aren't convinced! She is more of a frosted tan color (doesn't show up well in the pictures) and she has a dorsal stripe and those zebra markings on her leg.
Wow, that makes sense cuz my friend's bay has a dorsal stripe haha they bred her here at A&M so I assume she's a quarter horse. I want to try to find out her parents colors.
This may be a stupid question, but how does their sale work? I've heard of their sales, but wasn't sure if it was an open sale, or how they might do it. And when is it?
Wow! Our horses for the production sale go for a lot more at CSU. Seems like it would be the other way around. We just had our sale about 2 weeks ago. Would it be safe to assume that she is some variation of dun going grey? Posted via Mobile Device
She may be, she may not be. As ND said, grey can act differently on all sorts of horses, and one thing it can do often is create the illusion of primitive markings, which are also known as dun factor when the horse has a dun gene.
The horse market is just really down in Texas right now, so that's mostly the reason. Like I said, I'm 99% sure she's quarter horse since A&M bred her and since I know she's registered, she isn't a cross. She's only about 2 so shes kinda strung out and gangly at the moment.
She's beautiful and I'd go with gray too b/c the can have the markings that resemble a dun. I loove horses that are different, tell your friend good luck with getting her!!
They went for a lot this year, most successful apparently.
"The average price for all quarter horses in the sale was $5,376. The average price for young horses trained by CSU students was just over $4,000, according to sale records. The average price for aged horses was $7,424. Two horses brought $18,500 – a tie for high-seller."
Well, the sale was today and apparently the horses went for much more this year. My friend got a colt last year for $900 and his sister went for $2000 this year!
I saw a mare that looked very similar in color to this girl today at a clinic and the gentleman said her papers say she is dun. He said the people who sold her to him told him she was dun with a champagne gene. What does that mean/is that a possibility?
Nope. She's grey. Grey can do all sorts of funky things, including mimicking dun by giving the horse dun factor markings. The filly you posted is definitely grey.
Listing her as grey is your best bet. She is indeed not gray but send the interested person pictures and explain that you tried your best to identify the color. Maybe she can help you.
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