Chestnut/gray

docjocoy · Postby **docjocoy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:34 pm

Have there been any outstanding race horses that were bred on a chestnut/gray cross?

spex4me · Postby **spex4me** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:31 pm

Right off the top of my head Eight Belles.... I thought about this too from the absolutely scientific standpoint of owning a grey filly based on the chestnut/grey cross... :lol:

spex4me · Postby **spex4me** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:34 pm

oh Honey Ryder by a wee technicality lol!! It's still chestnut/grey just a gen back....

docjocoy · Postby **docjocoy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:54 pm

Thanks Spex, I knew there must be some, but was hitting a blank. My business partner is giving me a hard time over possibly breeding our gray to a chestnut.

xfactor fan · Postby **xfactor fan** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:05 pm

You might try looking at horses registered as roan. Seems like folks call black based horses gray, and chestnut based ones roan.

pfrsue · Postby **pfrsue** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:21 pm

Lady's Secret was by a chestnut and out of a gray. Does she count?

spex4me · Postby **spex4me** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:27 pm

Moer that I had buried on my computer , though I threw in extra Cozzenes in rememberance:

Caro,Mumtaz Mahal,The Tetrarch,Promised Land,Silver Goblin,Belle of Cozzene,Admire Cozzene,Enviornment Friend,Gavolia,Octave,Value Plus, Black Tie Affair

Soon I will come back and add Saluki Gold Rush to this list roflmao!!!

spex4me · Postby **spex4me** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:36 pm

Because I am nosey (as usual) who to who doc?? I assume you all are looking towards racing?

My filly's full yearling sis is this:

no chrome nada and a brown/black base grey..... ya never know what your gonna get lol

docjocoy · Postby **docjocoy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:33 pm

That picture is a chestnut/gray mating? She's lovely.
We're looking at Swiss Yodeler, but we have 3 we are looking to get a multi-mare discount, and one of them (not the gray) is considered kind of a hot prospect, so I'm trying to find the best deal I can, and it is kind of a fun position to be in, for once. I do have a budget, and won't go over it, but will spend a little more on the "hot" mare if I can get a good package for all three.
Thanks for doing that research for me. My business partner is very color conscious and was worried about it.

xfactor fan · Postby **xfactor fan** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:09 pm

What's the concern about the grey/chestnut combo? Or the folklore?

docjocoy · Postby **docjocoy** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:32 am

xfactor fan wrote:What's the concern about the grey/chestnut combo? Or the folklore?

My business partner likes the classic dark dappled grays and is not partial to the reddy grays, and seemed to think there was not ever a chestnut/gray as an outstanding TB. Now that I have put her mind at ease about their racing abilities, she can deal with that color not being her favorite.

spex4me · Postby **spex4me** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:50 am

and is not partial to the reddy grays,

THE HORROR!!!! :shock:

xfactor fan · Postby **xfactor fan** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:43 am

Well, the Chestnut based grays can go through a stage where they are --Pink--. Hard to take "Mr Macho Stud" seriously if he's pink. Shouldn't change the speed that they run.

However if you have any questions, Jorge from this board probably know more about gray Thoroughbreds than anyone on the planet.

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:15 pm

A talented example, NATIVE CHARGER:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/native+charger

Toccet02 · Postby **Toccet02** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:27 pm

Flashy Bull. I saw him as a 2YO and he was pinkish.
His brother PINK viper is also by a grey sire---hence his name? maybe he went through that stage.