J. Z. M. wrote:
> 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. :)
>
Pete, being a dark bay with dapply dapples likely has at least one copy
of the sooty gene.
sharon
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