How great is that .. you get a different horse every season .. lol. The horse in the background with the red barn looks the same color..

 

That horse is his half-brother, he is buckskin I believe. Their colours are pretty close in the winter but he is much much lighter than my boy Simon in the summer. His half-brother's points are actually black, unlike Simon, and he doesn't get the dark neck/shoulder area like Simon.

It is pretty funny how he changes colour so much! People think he is a different horse all the time lol!

 

I would say a brown based buckskin.

If it were a dorsal stripe, it would not fade season to season. It would be very defined and there no matter what coat change was occuring. =)

 

Do you have any pictures of the dam and sire? He's a gorgeous little horse.

 

Yep, smoky brown or brownskin (I think those are technically the same thing).

And a gorgeous one at that .

 

Ohhhh I see, thanks ThirteenAcres. So would it just be countershading then? It looks really interesting on him, I like it!

 

Yep! If it faded in and out or disappeared with the seasons and coat changes, it would be countershading.

 

There's a dark buckskin at the stables I ride at that looks exactly like this horse.

 

**** your horse is the spitting image of my Dusty and he does the same thing changes colors alot has a dorsal stripe and a few small leg barrings. Do you ever get comments about him looking like Denny from the Snowy River movies.... I get it all the time when people see Dusty for the first time.

 

No I never get any comments about him looking like Denny lol!

His sire is Guaranteed Gold, the cremello TB stallion of True Colours Farm. I won't post any pictures of him without his owner's permission but here is her website. True Colours Farm | Breeders of Unique Thoroughbreds, Sport Horses, and Paints I have been lucky enough to meet and deal with GG, he is a wonderful stallion, very sweet boy

I do have a few pictures of his dam, they aren't very good but I'll post them anyway. She is a 16.1 hh CWHBA mare by Sergeant Pepper(Holsteiner stallion).

 

I *think* she is brown, but since I learned about browns, every 'bay' horse looks brown to me>.< she definitely has that sooty countershading.

He could either be a sooty buckskin, or a sooty brown buckskin.

 

i think there is no sooty buckskin, i think sooty usually comes from a horse being brown based, if you look at most brown buckskins, they look sooty. so im going with a Brown Buckskin

 

I believe that GG is an At carrier.

I also believe that the horse in the op is a brownskin/smokey brown.

 

So is "brown buckskin" different than "smokey brown"? I haven't heard of brown buckskin before but I do know that there are some GG offspring that are smokey brown for sure. I believe they were DNA tested as well. Hmm this is so interesting!

TexanFreedom, I'm with you on that one! Since reading about brown horses, all bays look brown to me! I guess bay is a rare colour now lol :p

 

No, they are the same thing. Smokey brown/brownskin/brown buckskin is black + brown agouti (instead of bay agouti) + cream. Where as buckskins are black + bay agouti + cream.

 

Oh I see! Thanks NdAppy!

Does anyone know a company where I can send in his hair to get DNA tested?

 

Here is my boy.

 

He is puuurdy! Little bit lighter than my boy but they are definitely similar. Is he a QH?

Thanks again NdAppy! I did send them an email once and they never got back to me, I'll try again though. I thought maybe there was another place that can test for it but I guess not.

 

Pet DNA Services of AZ - Equine Services << This is the only company that currently tests for brown and only brown/agouti.

UC Davis and Animal genetics tests for everything else.

 

Yes he is a QH I couldnt find any decent darker shots he's yellow to a dark gold to a brownish black color and his dorsal stripe ,points and mane and tail are always a chocolate color He's my heart horse my been there done it guy.

 

He does look like Denny!

Back in the day I always thought Denny was grulla because I'd never seem a horse of that color. I was like 13 at that time. Haha
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I personally think he's a gorgeous color. He doesn't look like a mule to me. Though I think a lot of mules are gorgeous too. =)

 

I know nothing about color......but is is GORGEOUS!!!

 

He's such a pretty boy! I looked at his gorgeous sire on True Colors' website. Talk about amazingly beautiful animals. If I ever get another horse after Reno, I'll probably try to purchase a colored Thoroughbred from Norsire Farms...they're in my state and breed the most gorgeous pinto and dilute Thoroughbreds.

 

So, I was discussing my boy's colour with some others and we were debating on whether he could possibly be dun or have some type of modifier gene. His dam is half morgan and I know they can have some pretty funky colours so she may have passed something on. He does have a full brother that is a light palomino with tons of bend 'or spots, cool looking horse!

Is it possible he could have gotten a modifier gene or something from her? One person seems to think he is dun 100%, he has a "dorsal stripe" and he also has the lighter hairs on his mane and tail.

I have sent his hair out to be tested for the brown (At) gene, so that might help to determine his colour a little bit. I will post the results when I get them! I will probably send his hair out to another place to test for his colour to see what he really is!

 

They are all so pretty! Can't wait to find out what the results are. I too love Denny and that movie....one of my favorites!

 

Subbing for the results

 

You have such a pretty horse! Subbing for the results. But in the mean time, can you post some really clear pictures of his back so we can all take a look at the dorsal stripe/counter shading in question?