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Looks silver dapple to me--

Is this closer to her actual color?


Or this?


Both of the above are different shades of the same color-- Its basically a black horse with the silver gene, which dilutes the black body coat to a silvery mushroom color (usually dappled, but not always), and usually makes the mane and tail white. Silver Dapple is the common term in the USA-- in other countries it is called other things, such as Taffy.
 

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Ahhh OK. So maybe more like these?







The above are all silver bays.... the silver gene doesn't dilute the bay body color, but does fade the black legs and make the M/T white, or nearly so. Of course she could have been flaxen chestnut-- hard to tell from the photos. Were her legs at all silvery/greyish looking rather than red or tan?
 
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