Colour/breeding people

[poiuytrewq]

I’m clueless but when I go to one yard I do there is a field of babies, yearlings and younger.
One is dun looking.
It’s a racing yard, so it’s TB which I’ve never seen in that colour, I’d assumed it wasn’t bred for racing and was something else.
It’s not though, will it grey? I should have taken a photo. It’s lovely

 

[poiuytrewq]

It’s also the always the other side of the field so I never get to see it close up typically!!

 

[FieldOrnaments]

there's no dun in TBs but you do get cream

though if it's a racing yard I'd presume just going through a weird phase of bay-greying-out as the cream ones aren't JC registered due to AI being used in some of the lines

 

[poiuytrewq]

there's no dun in TBs but you do get cream

though if it's a racing yard I'd presume just going through a weird phase of bay-greying-out as the cream ones aren't JC registered due to AI being used in some of the lines

No I know which is why I’ve been confused by it! Apparently it’s always been that colour since birth. I did figure it would grey but it’s so weird!

 

[FieldOrnaments]

It would be fascinating to see photos if you ever get the opportunity

 

[poiuytrewq]

It would be fascinating to see photos if you ever get the opportunity

I only do weekends there but I’ll try next week. We moved all the youngsters to a bigger field today but I’ll have a go! It’s pretty!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I don’t think it was born there. We only had a couple this year foaled at the yard so possibly it was bay and no one saw it very early on

 

[SEL]

We had a french TB come through as a polo prospect a few years ago who is that shade of bay that almost looks Dun in certain lights. She actually has quite a 'pony' look to her despite being full TB and I used to be sure with certain light that there was the hint of a dorsal stripe but her owner was insistent that was just the way her coat was meeting along her back.

Last winter her owner posted a photo of her in full woolies and I thought (again) that the pony gene pool ran strong in that particular TB. She's also such a good doer she lives out all winter without a rug and still gets fat!

 

[ihatework]

It most likely either greying out or a very sun bleached light bay!

 

[I'm Dun]

We had a french TB come through as a polo prospect a few years ago who is that shade of bay that almost looks Dun in certain lights. She actually has quite a 'pony' look to her despite being full TB and I used to be sure with certain light that there was the hint of a dorsal stripe but her owner was insistent that was just the way her coat was meeting along her back.

Last winter her owner posted a photo of her in full woolies and I thought (again) that the pony gene pool ran strong in that particular TB. She's also such a good doer she lives out all winter without a rug and still gets fat!

Wild bay can look like that, and I think there's been at least on TB with ND1/ND2 which means they can have a dorsal and look almost dun but not dun, hence NotDun1 being the name of the gene.

Greying out can do odd things as well. From making them hyper pigmented babies, to turning chestnuts pink