How have your greys changed colour over time?

[Nikiska]

I have an anglo-arab mare now 13 who was born pure chestnut (would you believe) as a yearling turned strawberry roan then progressed to a dappled grey by the time she was 7 and now 6 years on she is totally flee bitten!! I have photos if you would like to see....

 

[POLLDARK]

It seems to me that greys ALWAYS change. My dapple grey is nearly white all over at the moment but will show his dapples winter, spring time. He is generally getting lighter every year though, his passport has his white blaze on it but it has disappeared into the general white of his head.

 

[Silmarillion]

Mine is 15 this year and has always been white before, but this summer has revealed a very fleabitten coat. She goes much whiter in winter. My friend's 18yo was dappled when he was 12 ish and is now nearly chestnut!

 

[rubyrumba]

My anglo arab was born chestnut, went liver chestnut (really dark) and is slowly getting more and more grey in his coat, he is 3 now, he will turn grey eventually. I am wondering how many years it will take!

 

[tabithakat64]

Three of the ponies at the riding school where I worked as a teenager were grey.
One was piebald as a youngster, one was black and one was chestnut, they had all greyed out but about 9 or 10 years of age.

 

[wonkey_donkey]

This is a really fantastic picture SF

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His body is getting whiter, but his legs are still black [/QUOTE]

 

[Kenzo]

Ooow I like this thread.

Stencilface - love the wedding photo, where's the rest?, have I missed the post?

June 2007 Baby Mr M as a 2yr old

4 years later…. it grew and changed colour , ignore the numpty riding it.

 

[stencilface]

I have made one little wedding post - only just got the (800!) pro photos through last week though, so will upload some of those this weekend for anyone else who is interested

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=469178

(Oh yes, and please ignore the no hat/no shoes combo, I do normally wear them)

 

[Kenzo]

I have made one little wedding post - only just got the (800!) pro photos through last week though, so will upload some of those this weekend for anyone else who is interested

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=469178

(Oh yes, and please ignore the no hat/no shoes combo, I do normally wear them)

Oh they are so lovely, your dress from what I can see looks beautiful laid across his back and Norman looks so smartly turned out as well, picture perfect!!! must have been very special having him there on what was a very special day anyway, the honey moon pics look fab too, love the one in the pool with the sun set, beautiful!.

 

[rubyrumba]

Wow, what amazing wedding and honeymoon pics!

 

[pip6]

My girl is an arab, & a rose grey. She was born bright chestnut with a star & sock behind. By aged 4 she was a pinky brown colour, then gradually lightened. Aged 10 her legs were still farirly dark, now aged 14 she is a white grey with tiny chestnut spots, especially up her neck.

This is a photo of her daughter, but the colour her dam was at birth:

Aged 10

Aged 11

 

[KVH]

Stunning arab and filly, Pip6!

 

[dappleapple]

It seems to me that greys ALWAYS change. My dapple grey is nearly white all over at the moment but will show his dapples winter, spring time. He is generally getting lighter every year though, his passport has his white blaze on it but it has disappeared into the general white of his head.

That's because the Grey gene is a dominant gene affecting both males and females. They are never born grey, but become "whiter" and "whiter" over time - that is what a grey horse does

I love rose grey and dark dappled grey and wish there was a way to freeze the coat when it got to that stage! Though it's nice to have the variety too

R.e. the original post - I had a dun horse I sold when she was about 11 and saw again at 19 and I barely recognised her - her white blaze had blended in with the rest of her body as it too became whiter. It was quite unnerving because I always felt, in a Black Beauty at the sale stands way, I'd be able to recognise her anywhere, but then I wasn't so sure that would be the case :/

 

[stencilface]

Thanks Kenzo and Ruby - sorry for post hijack

 

[flaxen]

This is my arab x appaloosa colt. He is only a year old but as you can see he has dramatically changed. He is by a pure bred few spot appaloosa out of my pure bred arab.

2 days old.

5mths old with mum.

1 year old

 

[pip6]

Love him, you ought try endurance. There's an excellent appy (x arab) still doing endurance aged 29, very good race record. His name is Appalousie Firefly.

Thanks for the complement. I think they're lovely, but I am totally biased. The daughter is going to stay chestnut unlike her mum, & has flaxen mane/tail as well now. Interestingly she is also a sabiano, & is developing more & more spots over her body as she grows up (now aged 3).

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Oooh, I also have a chestnut sabino, although she's a minimal sabino.

Interestingly she is also a sabiano, & is developing more & more spots over her body as she grows up (now aged 3).

Photo?

 

[pip6]

See if I can download some from my phone, but don't get your hopes to high!

 

[pip6]

Spots! Every tiny patch of one or two white hairs you can see is developing into a white thumb size spot like the one shown. She has them everywhere, even on the back of her ears! And no, she is very definately & absolutely not going grey. The patch you see she was born with, she has a larger patch the other side of her belly.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Sabino and Birdcatcher spots?

Birdcatcher spots, named for the Thoroughbred stallion who exhibited them, are small, round, white spots scattered throughout a horse's coat. In many cases, the spots appear and grow in number for a period of years, and then gradually fade away. Sometimes, the spots will persist throughout a horse's lifetime.

 

[Smurf1]

Ooohh an excuse to post pics of my major cute 1st pony Wicky an overgrown shetland ..

Age 4

Age 9 (ish)

 

[Hot_Toddy7]

There is another forum member on here, JenHunt I think her name is and her horse has Vitiligo too! He has some rather unusual markings

Do you have any pictures?

Ooo I will see what I can do! That's fascinating, is he a grey too?

 

[Horseantics]

As a yearling

Aged 6

aged 17 (Excuse stable stains)

Aged 18 goinf very pink around eyes and nose with black spots

Edited to say 18.1hh of pure loveliness, horse in a million

 

[pip6]

There is a line throughout Crabbet arabians showing extensive white & sabiano. As my girls are 96% (dam) & 98% (filly) Crabbet & both 100% GSB that is where the white markings come from. It seems to reoccur one in several generations. Marbon Arabian stud, which is predominantly Crabbet shows much more extensive white than my filly. even though she has a white face, flesh marks on her lower lip, 4 socks/stockings as well as her patches & spots. Underneath her near her navel she is covered in spots that form another large white patch.

 

[GinaGem]

This is my girl:

 

[*Spider*]

So much love for grey <3
Tinselface, your horse looks so much like mine!!