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What to call this color?

Postby PAbred » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:57 am

Just curious if my new filly is just a unique shade of chestnut or something else.She is out of a bay mare and was sired by a Belgian draft who is what I would consider a darker shade of palomino.He is at the bottom of the page.
Now,granted,she's not a Thoroughbred but she is just as cute!

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Postby Bondama » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:41 am

The coat color calculator I use gives the following percentages on possibilities for a palomino sire and a bay dam:

Offspring Color Probability

25.00% - Buckskin
25.00% - Bay
16.67% - Palomino
16.67% - Chestnut
8.33% - Smoky Black
8.33% - Black

She looks chestnut to me right now, but she will change when she sheds out.
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Postby springboro » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:12 am

I think the sire is chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. Are there palomino Belgians?

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Postby Bondama » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:36 am

Come to think of it, I don't think so. Here is what I found on the breed standards for Belgians:

Distinguishing features: small head, thick and muscular neck, powerful shoulders and quarters, short legs with small amount of feathering. Chestnut or red roan in colour, they can stand up to 17 hh (1.7 m).
Alternative names: Brabant
Belgium Heavy Draft
Country of origin: Belgium


Other sites describe their color as sorrel with flaxen mane and tail. You are spot on Springboro! :)
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Postby PAbred » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:55 am

I agree,I don't think genetically he is a Palomino but he does look like one and he definetly carries the Flaxen gene.
I'm going to post some new pics of the filly that show her color a bit better.After doing some research,I do think that she is just a very light chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail.She does,however,have pink skin even under the darker parts of her coat and her eyes are a really neat blue/green.
I'll just have to be patient and wait for that baby fur to shed! :)

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Postby summerhorse » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:19 pm

Light chestnut. Sometimes called haflinger chestnut or in Belgians Honey Sorrel. May stay flaxen or may darken up to regular chestnut. Cute!
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Postby color » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:21 pm

the sire is flaxen chestnut and the foal is chestnut
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