Colour experts- will she go piebald ?

tessybear

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Dolly is getting her adult coat through and just wondering what you think she will end up like piebald ? tri-coloured ?


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I'm no colour expert but are her tail and knees black? ie if she hadn't got white bits, would she be bay?
 
I say skewbald. She is lovely BTW.
There is actually no such thing as tri coloured, you get bays with white patches (like skewbalds with black points) but horses don't have brown and white and black body patches.
 
I say skewbald. She is lovely BTW.
There is actually no such thing as tri coloured, you get bays with white patches (like skewbalds with black points) but horses don't have brown and white and black body patches.

Yes they do, we have one on my yard.
 
Would love to see a pic, as SF says that is genetically impossible unless it is a chimera. (Not doubting you BTW, but would like to see him/her)
 
I also say a nice strong skewbald with varying browns :)

My piebalds have always started very mousey "skewbald", whereas your filly's colour is already very striking!
 
Would love to see a pic, as SF says that is genetically impossible unless it is a chimera. (Not doubting you BTW, but would like to see him/her)
I would love to see a picture too :) I've only ever seen one horse with 3 distinct different body colours in my lifetime and it was pretty neat to see. I've seen a number of other chimeric horses but they were all more mottled/brindled than clear-cut separation of colours.
 
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