What type of chestnut is this?
 

Joined the forum to try and find out what type of chestnut my gelding is.

He is a tovero so only have patches of chestnut but in them i have noticed -

1. smudges of light and dark
2. dapples
3. darkness down front leg
4. mix of coloured hair, almost creates a brindle look
5. one patch is fairly normal chestnut but the next patch is completely different shade etc

Also his forelock is a mix of about 3 or 4 different shades

His dam was a bright bay tovero (with black dorsal stripe) and his sire was a chestnut tobiano (i believe)

Here are a few photos to show what i mean

Notice the uneven neck colouration, blotchy looking
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...hicocolour.jpg

Check out the dark patch on his front leg and the dappling/shading on his patches (none of them are caused by lighting shadows etc)
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...icocolour2.jpg

Most chestnuts i have seen are a pretty uniform shade all over, even with some dappling, but Chico really isnt!

Any ideas :D

Any ideas?

He's just a chestnut. Nothing special, sorry. There's a QH gelding at my barn that's similarly colored, with the sort of splotchiness.

Dapples are the sign of a healthy horse, though.

A very very very handsome one! I am obsessed with paints yet I have a forever changing color bay.

Agree with Po, he's a pretty typical chestnut color, though a gorgeous horse. He may or may not have a bit of sooty/smutty working there, but still just a chestnut.