Answering my own posting: sad___but true.
Horse is bay with probably a "sooty" modifier. I'd like to know why they
say the horse is buckskin, that would be another DNA modifier known as a
dilution gene. Buckskins usually are much lighter.
http://www.equine-information.com/colorchart.html
http://www.equine-information.com/colorchart.html
Sooty/Smutty
Sooty is a modifier that is found in many breeds. It acts on both red and
black based horses by darkening the color or certain areas of the horse.
It
varies in extent from minimal to extensive and has a many different
expressions. Sooty can cause dapples, it can cause individual black hairs,
it can cause a darker shade along the topline and it can also darken the
animal in a uniform manner.
Sooty is most concentrated along the top of the horse, like a bucket of
ash
was poured from head to tail. Many times Sooty expresses itself as a dark
line, that varies in width, down the back of the horse. This is often
called
Countershading and is commonly mistaken for a dorsal stripe associated
with
Dun. Other times Sooty may be expressed by a dark shadow flowing onto the
sides of the neck, over the shoulders and hips. The parts of the animal
that
are the least effected by Sooty are the areas underneath and soft parts,
the
flanks, behind the elbows, the buttock, the muzzle, around the eyes, along
the belly and between the front and hind legs.
Now I will say the horse is still bay, but what the heck is the gene
modifing his color sooty, or a dilution, only a bloodtest will be your
friend. :)
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