Are Gray's 'Common'? & Pics of your Grays!

[MosMum]

There is a low-income housing area about 3 miles down the road, and the common ground around the area is littered with horses tied out. What I've noticed is that the majority of them are colored cobs or grays, with far more grays than colors.

Are gray horses considered common or less expensive in the UK? Or is it purely down to breed and size?

Thanks, now clutter up this thread with pics of your beautiful grays and their age if you will, I'm wondering how quickly my 20 mos old will turn white

Here's my boy although I've posted him before

 

[Hippona]

This is my beloved Desi (PBA)...he was 22 when he died this year

And this is Azamour....my 5 year old Arab. He was born bay, BTW.

Greys have always been my favourite.

 

[Bug2007]

This is kes he as 27 and a Welsh A was a great show pony in his day, I have known him since he was nine and he has always been totally white all over, I know another grey who is nine now and he has years left before he'll be 'white'.

 

[jenz87]

This is my madam, excuse the pink rug modelling. It was the only one i could find on this computer

 

[mulledwhine]

They are quite common, as oyu may know we are in the search for a pony, and other than one chocolate Dun, all the rest are grey

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

Yay, Ive got a gray (and a bay!) She was black when she was born and shes got whiter as the years have gone on.
Shes looks more like a polar bear at the mo though, coz she needs clipping!

Please can some one remind me how you post photos from photo bucket, coz Ive not done it for AGES and cant remember!!!

 

[TinselRider]

My beautiful beast (VVVVVVVVVV biased views ) 12yo ISH

 

[Jesstickle]

As we were talking about recently on here grey is the dominant phenotype to all colours and therefore once it is in your gene pool you will get a lot of them, if you search the thread you'll be able to read all about it. Very interesting. That is why it is probably common down the road from you. They will be breeding them all fairly similarly so will be turning up a lot of them!

I have one and she is beautiful but I'm at work so can't show you

 

[siennamum]

Oh OK if I must:

Coco (Smoke Signal), 4 y old ISH, 16.2

 

[NicoleS_007]

This is Speedy I love his colour but i am biased ... he was 7yrs old

 

[_Rach_]

my STAR Twizzy

My pony is anything but common......

 

[fidleyspromise]

My gorgeous (now 8 yr old) Tilly

5 yrs old in the above Piccy

6 yr ols in above piccy.

 

[millitiger]

Greys definitely are more popular now than a few years ago imo- or at least you see more out and about!

this is Pilfer;

and this is Flax;

 

[steph21]

I love my greys, especially my new girl, this is Storm 16.2 ISH by Clover Echo

First time at a Dressage Comp

First time XC Schooling

 

[joeanne]

I had two very different grey foals last year,
This one went steel grey with black mane and tail

This one went rose grey

Both foals had the same sire. Bay foal's mum was a "dirty grey" the other was a very white grey.

 

[Snowysadude]

My grey who was named Snowy (original I know) by old owner - hes 9 yrs old and I have loads of photos but this one shows his colour best

And then cause he looks like a cripple in that photo:

with a friend riding him

 

[Ladylina83]

Joenne - really, I was kind of hoping my Boy would stay bay eeek but he's started to go dark now ........ I may well have 2 greys then !

And here they are

 

[ace87]

There are about 60 + horses at our yard, of which 7 are grey. There are two cremello's who are frequently referred to as grey though.. And there three Grey roan appaloosa mares but that's slightly different as they have distinct blanket patterns and frosting. There is also a fewspot appaloosa mare with varnish marks on her knees who looks grey but again that's a different kettle of fish.

Interestingly of the greys at the yard, 2 are connemara, 2 ISH's, two are welsh A's - all seem to be the breeds where grey is common.

Here's my little lad, 15.2hh connemara gelding, 7yrs. This is him being clean for once LOL!

 

[Cyberchick]

Here's mine, he was chestnut when born, was very dark dapple when I bought him and is now going fleabitten.

Actually I have 2 now so I must be mad lol

 

[joeanne]

Ladylina does your foal have "googles". If you look at the bay foal, she has very definate googles, and changed colour very quickly. By the time she was a yearling, she had gone grey.
My foals parents were all greys, so I wasn't going to get any other colour really!

 

[Lynsey&Smartie]

I love greys! Think my horse would prefer to be a bay though by the looks of him most of the time

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[dany]

This is my new one, and Andalusian and my first grey! I always said I would never hehe but fell in love.

 

[Ladylina83]

This is him yesterday - 4.5 months old

 

[joeanne]

Would need a far better pic than that. Side on of the eye, but going on that I would say no. He is bay and staying that way!

 

[Ladylina83]

Would need a far better pic than that. Side on of the eye, but going on that I would say no. He is bay and staying that way!

Perhaps he is a bay imposter on this grey thread then!!! Both Mums side Grey dad bay King of Diamond blood line. He's started going very dark on his legs and face over the last few weeks

 

[Snowysadude]

I love greys! Think my horse would prefer to be a bay though by the looks of him most of the time

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Hahaha snap !!
(stood on a slope btw not hugely downhill/bumhigh)

This was after I had just bathed him the little poo bag broke his heacollar and got free..... he got to the nearest peice of mud and rolled to his hearts content - so i bathed him again!!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

My 2 year old Grey.

As a foal.

 

[shoo]

My 2year old

 

[Mistletoe-Kiss]

You'd better not be calling my little man common!

The chronological progression of his colour fading (Get how good English is becoming!)

 

[Toffee44]

my ex racer Woody, who used to be Dun most of the time.