Any colour experts?

[CountryRoad]

Looking more likely that my recently purchased mini is in foal and just wondered out of interest the likelihood of predicting the colour? She is a bay with some white hairs through her neck and flank, I think the sire is a skewbald. Thank you!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Do you have any photos that you could post on the thread?

 

[CountryRoad]

Is this any help?

 

[CountryRoad]

I think you can see some of the greying on her flank here. Don’t have one of the sire but will look for one similarly marked.

 

[CountryRoad]

Similar to this guy I think

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Using https://www.animalgenetics.us/Equine/CCalculator1.asp and putting in the information that I could see from the photos based on how the ponies in them *look* it came up with these suggestions.

Offspring Color Probability

32.81% -
Bay Tobiano
32.81% -
Bay
12.50% -
Red (Chestnut/Sorrel) Tobiano
12.50% -
Red (Chestnut/Sorrel)
4.69% -
Black
4.69% -
Black Tobiano

If you have more information that you can give us, including colours of the grand sires and grand dams, if your mare has a white face marking then maybe we could get a better prediction but the one above will give some indication.

 

[CountryRoad]

Thank you very much!! Very interesting!!
No she doesn’t have any white facial markings and her passport is a replacement with zero information in it unfortunately. She has these white hairs by her throat and flank but other than that that’s it.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Thanks for that. The predictions in post 6 are pretty reasonable then.