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BreezyCreek · May 21, 2017 9:09 AM

She's registered chestnut. Is this a modifier, or regular chestnut variation?

ConfluenceFarms · May 21, 2017 10:27 AM

I SUCK with real horses, but maybe S+? or Sooty?

Bourbon · May 21, 2017 1:18 PM

I'm also awful with RL horses, but I have to be honest she doesn't really look chestnut to me? TBH, I've not really seen a chestnut in person with such a dark mane/tail. I'd probably say she was more like a wild bay with weirdly light points or something. Either way, pretty horse!

Wolfgang Pride · May 21, 2017 3:22 PM

She's beautiful! Here's a link that may help. She looks like a Sooty Chestnut to me sorta.
http://www.horse-genetics.com/chestnut-horses.html
I hope this link helps. I'm usually ok with IRL horse colors but she's a little odd looking and I'm not looking at her in person.

BreezyCreek · May 21, 2017 3:32 PM

I keep going back between wild bay and some weird chestnut. Those dark spots on her lower legs are throwing me off.
She does have quite a bit of dappling. I'll try to get better pictures. She was feeling very "Thoroughbred" today because of the storm coming in, so I gave her a quick brush and put her back.

Riata · May 21, 2017 3:38 PM

She's a cutie! Do you know what color her parents are? Is it possible she could be buckskin? I know a few buckskins who have similar legs and two-toned manes/tails.

Some registries have very limited/inaccurate colors (looking at you, Jockey Club) because so little was understood about colors when the breed registries were written. UC Davis offers a color panel genetic test for about $100, if you're really, really curious.

BreezyCreek · May 21, 2017 4:12 PM

I'm still waiting on her papers. Hopefully if I can find her parents' colours, I can figure out what she is.
I might get her colour tested when the dollar is better. $100 US is quite a bit more in Canadian right now!
Apparently she was quite chestnut in her racing days. She won one race, so I'm waiting on that photo as well so I can see what colour she used to be!

Cheers · May 21, 2017 5:45 PM

Registered TB? If you know her official Jockey Club name you can do a pedigree search (Google pedigree query and you will get the site) which will at least let you know what the likely Base color of her parents was.

Triple Spiral · May 21, 2017 6:14 PM

Chestnut.

You can have her tested to find out for sure if you want to.

BreezyCreek · May 21, 2017 6:37 PM

Cheers - I don't know why I didn't try to search her on pedigree query instead of just googling her name lol. Nothing came up when I googled so I assumed she had never been entered.
She's by a chestnut, out of a black. Doesn't narrow much down.

Triple Spiral - what modifier do you think she has, if any? I've never seen a "regular" chestnut with such a dark mane and tail.

Coeur · May 22, 2017 3:29 PM

I'm so glad you posted this! My mare is almost identical in coloring and I was wondering the same thing! She is also registered as a sorrel but her mane and tail are so dark they're almost black.

Since I have her papers and have obsessed over her breeding at least a thousand times I know where her coloring is coming from. Her sire is a het black stallion by the name of Profit Increase.

Several of Opal's paternal half siblings have the same dark mane and tail.

I seem to have lost the picture of her dam, but she was a very dark bay.

Ammit · May 22, 2017 3:54 PM

This horse is a dark chestnut that is sun-bleached/copper burnt. With access to a lose mineral with proper copper levels she would probably be as dark as the mane and tail.

AztecArabians · May 22, 2017 5:03 PM

I had a Thoroughbred that looked like this when I bought him after he finished racing - I added minerals to his feed plus having a block for him to lick when he pleases, alongside adding Livamol. He has started to come up a gorgeous shiny liver colour to match his mane/tail, despite his winter coat starting to come through! I have only had him about a month too.

Before events I will start him on Cacoliv, which is an iron/copper paste to really boost their coat and overall condition.
I have also heard cooked pumpkin can help darken and get the lovely rich chestnut colour.

BreezyCreek · May 23, 2017 5:53 AM

Ooh, thanks everyone! I just got her five days ago. She has access to a mineral block and is currently on grass, but I'll look into the block's copper level and see if she needs more.

Ammit · May 23, 2017 5:59 AM

Most mineral blocks are not sufficient as horses simply can not consume enough minerals from them to get much benefit. Mostly they just get salt from them. A lose mineral is far superior. :)

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