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Will she roan out completely?

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So Daisy is a 14 yr old Appaloosa and as you can tell she's a roan with a bit of spotting. I'm wondering if she will roan out completely? Every other varnish I've read about seems to have roaned out completely by an earlier age..... But I haven't done *that* much research. So i was just wondering if yall had an opinion?

This picture is when I went to look at her before I bought her. August of 2010...




This is a more recent picture from summer of this year....



I see her getting whiter but I'm not sure if she's ever roan out completely.
 
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Many continue to varnish more with age, but a lot of the time there isn't a consistent rate like a gray would. NdAppy's mare had a decent progression over the last few years whereas a 12 year old mare I know was just starting to show varnish. She'll probably continue to varnish, but I couldn't say how much.
 
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The link doesn't work :(

I don't know much about color genetics, especially in Appys. Which is sad cause they're my favorite. lol.
Well, genetically she is a varnish roan, but to my knowledge there is no genetic link to how fast or how far they color out. I have bred horses with the same sire and dam and have had them color out at different speeds and to different degrees. If there is a genetic reason for it nobody knows what it is...
 
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