I think she is a bay but she has a white spoldge on her tummy so is there some fancy name for that? :pinkunicorn:
I'm getting her at my grazing soon so can take better photos then :loveshower:
She looks black based from this photo. A lot of drafts show white spotting genes like this. There is no test for it at this time. Some people call it sabino, but it does not test possitive for Sb1.
I'd call her dark brown, she'll probably look jet black in winter but liver chestnut in summer.. she's not bay as she doesn't have 'black points' ...mane, tail, ear tips'
^^ that is a fading black not dark brown, a genetically black horse who "burns"
Brown is actually very similar to bay, sometimes mistaken as bay or a black depending on the shade of brown and the season. The cinamon color around the muzzle and flanks in a winter coat is a dead giveaway that a horse is brown. Posted via Mobile Device
Well she's at my place now. Needs a bath and I'll be popping a sheet on once the foal is weaned.
Any thoughts?
She doesn't have the points on her legs. She's almost roany?
I have a fading black mare. I don't think that keeping the sun off of her will help once the coat is faded. It only prevents it from fading.
When my mare changes her coat from winter to summer, she is as black as coal. This lasts only a few weeks. Then she fades. It is not worth the trouble for me or for her to worry about keeping her up all the time to keep her black.
The muzzle is still too dark for brown and no brown gets away without also having a light muzzle.
Those lighter areas in the latest pictures could just be amplified in fading due to sweat. As sweat collects there in heavier concentrations, it amplifies sun damage/fading. I have pictures of some of my mom's fading blacks during the summer at the peak of fading who are the lightest color where the sweat was the worse after scorching hot temperatures. Also, when sabino roaning goes crazy on a black, it makes the appearance of fading black appear to be even lighter in color. There is an arabian filly that I have seen advertised for sale for awhile now who appears to be a darker chestnut with tons of sabino roaning but is color tested Ee aa
Looks like a faded black to me as well. If she is her coat will come in black. Wearing a sheet or keeping her out of the sun will help. It would take time for the faded mane and tail to grow out.
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