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Color changing horse. Anybody else do this?

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#1 · (Edited)
Harlely my 7 y.o. Red Roan??? doesnt know what color he wants to be. So throughout the year he changes. Do other horses do this??? And if so to this extreme??
 

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From what I've seen, roans tend to have a huge range of colors they go through during the year. There's another member on here, Whisper22, who has a roan mare who looks completely different from summer to winter. Cute gelding. Love his face in the second pic. :)
 
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I have no idea if he does this every year or not. I got him in july and take pictures of him all the time and couldnt believe the changes in his coat. I did notice the other day that his coal black mane has suddenly started to get ALOT of white hairs in it. Guess I will just have to get my curry comb all warmed up for this spring so I can see what hes gonna look like for this riding season.
 
#19 ·
mine does to. these are his two extremes but he varies between the two as the seasons change. lol

Summer:




Winter:


Those are his two extrems, he varies over the course of the year lol
 
#20 ·
Thanks, NdAppy for explaining that.
After you said bay, I started looking into it more. Based on the description for sabino (tall white socks, bald face, and white on the belly) typically at least, bay sabino sounds like it would describe her better. I also read that bay roans would typically have a black mane and tail, where as hers is red.
 
#22 ·
Extremely. Jealous!!!! My palomino Gelding sort of does this too, but not to this extent. IN winter mainly but sometimes during fall/summer he gets some spots on him. I don't have any pics, but I think it's just the coolest thing. Also, in his mane/tail, instead of being just white, he's gotten some gray and now some orange seeping in. It's just so cool!!!! I'll try and get some pics. The Orange is mainly at the base of his mane, but I'm thinking it'll get darker. SO EXCITED. Question also, does this coat and mane change mean he's not exactly FULL palomino???? just wondering.
 
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I have a grey appy with varnish marks who goes from looking almost completely white in the winter to a much darker grey in the summer for show season and i have a red roan mini who is almost completely solid in the winter but has an amazing summer coat i don't have pictures on my computer of the two extremes or i would post them.
 
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