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Dear Prism, Dear Deb,
mare to a Sorrel stud and I
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My friend just had Well, with her being
was wondering what color the
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her palomino mare tested for bred to a Buckskin (who is
foal might be? At first I figured
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agouti. Her test results came heterozygous for black – has
it could probably be a Sorrel,
to keep more protien rich leaves intact.
back AA, or homozygous for a sorrel and a buckskin parent)
Palomino, or maybe even a
agouti. When I look at her you could add in bay, black or
buckskin or dun. I’m not the
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quality high, with efficient use of natural resources. has one bay horse, the rest are as her “reproducing” the same
been educating myself, and I
We have 1,000 acres of Coastal Bermuda... we farm palomino and sorrel. Is this as the prior foal . . . a horse has
figured it would be interesting
year round.
possible? – Donna Buchanan, 64 chromosomes and when
knowoing what color the foal
submitted via HorseGazette. you stop to think about how
might be. – CJ Evans, submit-
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Dear Donna, ‘boggles the mind’. Just re-
Dear CJ,
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Actually, it is VERY member, the best color for any
When breeding a
possible. Red (Sorrel/Palo- foal is “Healthy”. - Prism
Palomino to a Sorrel you can
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mino) horses can indeed carry
only get 2 colors. Sorrel or
Agouti and can even be ho-
Palomino. Both horses are
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mozygous for it. Remember Dear Prism,
red based with the Palomino
Agouti only affects the black My mare is black
carrying 1 dilute/cream gene.
color and with Red horses and white tobiano. Her sire is
- Prism
there is no black to reflect or chestnut tobiano and her dam
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show the action of Agouti. All is black and white tobiano.
that said, with this palomino I am curious as to what to
Dear Prism,
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mare being homozygous for breed her to in hopes of the
I have a foal that was
Agouti (verified by testing) foal being: bay/chestnut/sorrel
born mostly black with mousy
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then she had to get an Agouti tobiano or roan. Thank you for
colored legs out of a grey
gene from both of her parents. your time! Roberta, submitted
stallion and a bay mare. The
- Prism via
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stallion carries a crème gene.
It is possible the foal could be
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Dear Roberta,
grulla? – Cathy, submitted via
Dear Prism, Since your mare is
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Dear Cathy,
school.
bred to golden buckskin gene (limits black to the points
Unfortunately for
produced a light dappled of a horse). You can introduce
the foal to be a Grulla it would
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palomino. (Golden buckskin the Agouti by breeding to a
have to inherit a Dun gene
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was from a sorrel and buck- Chestnut which carries Agouti
from at least one parent. The
skin). Re-bred same way - any or to a Bay. We also know
Dun gene and the Cream/dilute
predictions on the foal in 2009? your mare is heterozygous for
gene are two separate genes
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I know my chances are 50% black (only carries one black
which are not associated in any
for one course at a time.
sorrel and 50% palomino ac- gene since her sire was Chest-
manner. Given the description
cording to charts. Just for fun nut) so to get a chestnut I’d
of the foal I’d say you have
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a black foal on your hands,
ing 16-course program.
same way? Loved the foal That would give you an approx
which may be going gray.
she produced (confirmation) 50% chance of getting “red”. - Prism
so rebred for another. Color Same odds with a Roan – breed
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had a “golden boy”!! Thanks foal. - Prism
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