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Just out of interest what colour would you say Buzz is, I already know but would like your oppinions


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Do you have any other pictures? Ones of him in the light, full body. Does he have a dorsal? And what colour are his parents? Is he the one in your sig, and if so, was he clipped for those?

Those pics make it pretty tricky!

I'm no genetics expert. But I just find it interesting. Some colours I know more about than others - dun for example. Others I'm less good at - spots being one. It's generally down to how connected I am to the colour. As I breed duns, I've had to learn a bit. But even then, it's possible to get caught out.
 
Top two are end of winter so summer coat startin to come through, bottom two are summer coat fully through, nd the 3 in sig are middle of summer, i have no idea about his parents but he is thought to be a Connemara X TB, in the winter his face goes almost black nd body goes very light grey which make him almost look blue roan.
 
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We had a similar mare on a yard a while back classed as a bay roan, or a rose bay, can't remember which! Very eye catching tho!!!

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thts what came into my head rose bay?? dunno if thts right lol
 
Yes he does have a dorsal stripe, sorry no pics i'm not quite tall enough, 4 different vets collaberated when his passport was being drawn up, all of the oppinion that he is a 'dun roan' which i nor many other people seem to be aware of, he does indeed draw attention wherever we go with people inquiring about his colour,
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Thing is, most vets wouldn't know what a buckskin was if it bit them! So I don't think I'd necessarily say that was set in stone, on the basis of their say so.

I can see where the roaning idea comes from, tho he doesn't even look typically roan in those pics, but roan can be a bit variable.

You do definitely get dun roans, I have one myself, a blue (black) dun roan.

I can't honestly say that I think your lad looks dun. If I had to choose dun or buckskin, I'd be inclined to go more for buckskin, especially with connie in his background - connies not having dun, only buckskin in the breed. But I'm pretty reluctant to commit 100% on the basis of those photos.

Sadly, dun cannot be properly tested for yet, so it can't be confirmed. But you could rule out buckskin, if you were interested to do so. You could get a genetics company to test him for cream - if he has cream, he's buckskin. If he doesn't, well, still not sure I'd say dun! I might go for bay with pangere. Colour testing is reasonably cheap - about £17 per test.

Whatever you've been told, I think it unlikely that he is dun. But never say never - that's partly what makes colour genetics such fun, just when you think you have it sussed, along comes a pony who throws a spanner in the works.
 
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Thing is, most vets wouldn't know what a buckskin was if it bit them! So I don't think I'd necessarily say that was set in stone, on the basis of their say so.


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How is it possible to care as much as this Varkie?
 
That's pretty rude!

Colour genetics is an interest of mine, and I like to get things right, and be labelling things correctly. Besides which, as I breed, and aim to breed duns, it helps if I actually understand what I'm trying to produce.

I guess I could turn the question back, and ask how it is possible to care so little?
 
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