Colour experts, the white horse?

[webble]

Watching the racing and Russe Blanc is being described as white, is this correct?

 

[DabDab]

Um, sort of. I think he is a grey, but also max sabino so most of his body is white hair, pink skin from birth, and the few bits of dark colouring have greyed out

 

[Shay]

Quite possibly - it depends on the colour of the skin underneath. If it is black / grey the horse is correctly described as a grey. If it is pink or unpigmented then they are correctly described as white.

 

[webble]

thanks guys

 

[Clodagh]

I asked this last year (I think) he is proper white, someone had a photo of him as a foal and he was born white.

 

[bonny]

I think technically he should be described as grey but as he looks like a white horse why not call him that ?

 

[Meowy Catkin]

He looks like a dominant white.

http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/white.html

 

[be positive]

I asked this last year (I think) he is proper white, someone had a photo of him as a foal and he was born white.

There was a question about this before and I think the answer is that he is white, he is described as white on his passport details which would have been done soon after birth.

 

[ester]

Thorougbreds are well known for having a lot of novel white (W) mutations. Wet pictures are very useful for telling, describing him as white is certainly correct

mum registered as grey but has a white mutation from her allbreed pic
http://www.pedigreequery.com/fleur+de+mad

 

[photo_jo]

There is the odd one out there. There was a white colt by Presenting a few years ago (born white) - he did show a bit of ability but was injured. Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand have a white mare called The Opera House and she has had three white foals on the trot although she and the foals all have pink skin.