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Derby Lyn
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Way West black

Postby Derby Lyn » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:25 am

My mare by Way West looks black and so does Way West. Both are registered as bays or browns. Do you think Way West is a true black? A pic is on his pedigree page.

Head shot of my mare. She is starting to fade a little now that she is turned out most of the time. I will be sending in the test to see what color she actually is.
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Postby Derby Lyn » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:26 am

http://www.pedigreequery.com/way+west
Just curious why they wouldn't have registered him as a black.

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Postby accphotography » Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:05 pm

Because he probably wasn't submitted as black. TJC requires extra proof a horse is black and thus many owners won't mess with trying to do it.

That mare is most definitely black.
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Postby summerhorse » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:42 pm

Agree both are black. Shame about Way West getting laminitis.
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Postby ElPrado » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:20 pm

I wonder if that came through Princequillo? Somethingroyal is in there a couple of times from him, plus he has Round Table. Plus Tudor Gleam is in there as a b/blk, which would then throw another black gene in the mix.

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Postby Derby Lyn » Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:09 pm

Just got her test back and she is aa

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Postby HeadlessHorseman » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:50 pm

...so what does that mean?????

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Postby xfactor fan » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:15 pm

Bay horses are Black based horses that have a "A" gene, This comes from Agouti, and comes from work on mice.

Black horses are black based horses that have "a" the recessive version of the gene, and two copies of "a" (aa) indicate that the horse is not bay, and doesn't have the Agouti gene.

So the test result (aa) means that the horse is black.

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Postby Derby Lyn » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:46 am

Yes she is black but I did not test her for red factor. I was testing her for the buyer and we only wanted to make sure she was in fact black and not a dark bay.