Colour help!

[lucyjane96]

I have a tb x cob gelding who was 3 at the end of March. Personally I think he is a little immature bodywise but I dont really know? He is bay(as you can see) but I've started to notice he is covered in white hairs, could he really be changing colour at this age?! I know you cant see on the pictures that he has white hair..

 

[Ealana]

could he have the rabicano gene?

Mine is dark bay with this gene and it's given him grey speckling throughout his body with denser patches on his flanks and the racoon tail.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

It's probably sabino causing the white hairs as he has a jagged edged blaze/stripe that's typical of sabino.

 

[lucyjane96]

Sorry but i dont understand never heard of them things before? People have said he might go roan, but i dont really want a roan! lol

 

[Meowy Catkin]

If he was a proper Roan (with the Roan gene) he'd have been born roan.

Have a look at this.
http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/ecg_basics1.html

ETA This page has sabino on. http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/ecg_basics3.html#pinto

Sabino is a pattern that comes in many forms. In its minimal form, it only manifests itself as small socks and a star or blaze, if that. More extreme sabinos will have white patches, often with roaned edges, creeeping up their sides from the underside of the belly. The most extreme sabinos will look entirely white or nearly so, often retaining a few patches of color along their toplines, particularly on the ears or in the mane.

 

[lucyjane96]

hes got a small white patch on his side almost under his belly, and like a creamy stripe under his belly, his tail is kinda like grey and black and so are his legs

 

[lucyjane96]

thanks Faracat thats helped a lot

 

[Meowy Catkin]

No problem.

Rabicano is on this page, but it is a very specific form of sabino, the flanks should be roaned and the top of the tail will have white hairs. http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/ecg_basics4.html

 

[lucyjane96]

hmmm hes not quite like that, maybe its just how he is and he has white hairs? lol only time will tell i guess

 

[Meowy Catkin]

My chestnut mare is a chestnut sabino and she has white flecks through her coat and a couple of small roany patches. In the winter you can't see the flecks much but they show more in her summer coat. Possibly this is the same with your horse and you can see the flecks now his summer coat is coming through?

 

[lucyjane96]

Yes i think so, mine is just like your close up pictures!