Is it possible for chestnut foals to turn dappled grey?!

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The old owners sent us some photos of my sister's grey as a foal. My first thought was 'Awwww', and then 'Oh, that can't be him, it's chestnut!'. And I don't mean brown. I talking about proper ginger! He's 11 now, and has a dappled bum. They also sent a photo in which he was covered in dark dapples! It said he was six, I think.

So is it possible?
 
yes, my friends mare had 2 chestnut foals, they are 12 years & 15 years old now & both are grey
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This is my mare at 5 months

Same girl at 1 year

Here she is again rising 5!


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fraid so. they are tricky little .......'s them foals. just when think its one colour it shaeds its bay coat and becomes another!
 
Yes! A friend of mine who breeds pure bred Arabs says that all her foals that are born chestnut go grey and all that are born grey, go chestnut.
 
Greys can be born any colour and start greying out when they lose their foal coat! Ive had grey foals that have been born chestnut, bay, black, dark bay... My friends friends cremello turned out to be a grey, it was born cremello and then greyed out.
 
Yes indeed. My very grey just coming up 6 year old Anglo Arab was born chestnut and her passport declares her to be "chestnut turning grey". She still has pale chestnut "flea bites" on her head.

I also bought a "grey" pure-bred Arab when he was 18 months old and nearly fell over when I went to view him prior to actually buying him. He was dark bay roan! He greyed out quite quickly and is now (at 14) quite fleabitten as are his mother and sister although his mother was still dark dappled grey at 8.
 
A horse I had on loan had her passport stating she was chestnut. She turned grey but you could still see chestnut flecks under her eyes. (Like Blusher, very chic)!!
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