Bonjour from France

Vanessa · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: Bonjour from France

Hi,

It's been a couple of weeks I'm reading you and it's high time I introduce you my colt : COLOR NOTCH UP, one of the extremely rare colored TB in France and probably the only one that will be in the track for the 20 or 30 past years (I think Mont Blanc' sons or daughters must have ran at that period).

He's 2 yo (taking 3 next year) and he's just started the training.
He's an Airdrie Apache's grand-son.
I plan to make him race by spring (If I can go through all the difficulties to make a skewbald horse run in France ! ... Rolling Eyes

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I live in Chantilly, the french horse race temple, very close to the hippodrome.

He's double registered JC/APHA.

I apologize per advance for my possible written english mistakes Embarassed

Bonjour à tous,
(All your horses are so beautiful Very Happy

)
Vanessa.

KBEquine · Starters Handicap Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 592

Welcome, Vanessa -

Your English is very good and we will be eagerly awaiting updates on your lovely horse in his racing career!

reedhill · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject:

WOW

What a gorgeous double patterend TB!! He looks 1/2 sabino and 1/2 overo. Have you tested him for the overo gene?
Very best of luck to you with him OTT. Possibly 2 of ours so far could make it to the track in 2010. A very exciting time, beautiful colt!!
Welcome and thank you for sharing. PS, I'm very impressed that you could figure out how to post a photo here, Laughing

Congrads again!
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Jorge · Moderator Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 3064

You are quite welcome Vanessa.
Great photos and beautiful equines.

Apropos Mont Blanc's era, by any chance, do you have any historical information on the final whereabouts of an obscure cropout heavily spotted French Thoroughbred from the early 1960s named: Valençay ?

Valençay (1960 chestnut colt by Free Man out of La Lorie)
http://www.pedigreequery.com/valencay2

Once again, Welcome!!! Very Happy

color · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:43 am Post subject:

Nice to see you finally posted here Vanessa. I was the one that gave Vanessa this link to get lots of information about colorful TBs.
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Vanessa · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:00 am Post subject:

Many thanks to all of you for welcoming me that way

Derby Lyn · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Glad to see you finally made it Vanessa! Welcome, and I'm sure you will fit in well.
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accphotography · Maiden Special Weight Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 163

Actually the test for LWO is a test for the gene itself. If the horse is positive for it, it's a frame overo regardless of what it looks like (I've seen solids test positive). By the same token, there are horses that may look like they should be positive, but they test negative. Those horses patterns are caused by another gene. It's rare, but it happens. Someone with a trained eye is not often fooled though.

Your horse doesn't look sabino or LWO to me. He looks exactly like what his pedigree tells us he likely is... dominant white. Very Happy

Almost identical to his grandsire and several other known dominant whites.
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RiddleMeThis · Maiden Special Weight Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 187

Just going to ditto ACC as she said everything I wanted too.
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summerhorse · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject:

Welcome Vanessa, so glad to see you here! I LOVE your colt! He's so beautiful!
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summerhorse · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject:

Vanessa do you mind if I link one of his photos to his pedigree?
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SpecialEffects · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:36 am Post subject:

Hi Vanessa... you have a gorgous colt. I look forward to hearing about him as you get him to the track!

Vanessa · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:08 am Post subject:

Many thanks to all of you.

Summerhorse, yes for sure you can link all pictures you want.

RiddleMeThis and Accphotography, it's so interesting what you are saying :
"Dominant white", I didn't know this pattern. I believed my colt was sabino.
All TBs are dominant white or are there true sabino TBs ?

I know PH which are OLWS N/N (and definitively skewbald) with parents O/N : are they're still frame overo or are they dominant white ?

How can you see a horse is dominant white without knowing its genealogy ?

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Linda_d · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the MB, Vanessa. Your colt is beautiful.

Your English is definitely better than my French!!! Laughing