It's a bloomin BAY ROAN.

I always thought

Strawberry roan was a Bright Bay or liver chestnut with white in the coat
Bay roan was a dark bay with White in the coat
Blue roan is black/grey with white in the coat (blue and white being and blue roan coloured so with patches of the blue roan on a white coat)
Chestnut roan is a normal chestnut with white in the coat
 
LauraWheeler said:
Lippyx Yay someone who knows the diffrence. Honestly it's so obvious but I wonder how many people think the are actualy getting a strawberry roan pony. I know it's not the end of the world calling a pony the wrong colour but it's just one of those things that bugs me. LOL
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Me too,but I have a sneaking susposion that people put them up as a rare or more "in" colour to get people looking at the ad-would guess a fair few stumble across a average solid who looks like what they are after mis labled as something more exciting would go for a look ;)
 
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Blue Roan
 
My horse is a bay roan but she was first advertised as a strawberry roan, and I still get people saying to me "Ahhh what a lovely strawberry roan".

SHE'S A BAY ROAN DAMN IT. :D
 
Okay just to throw a spanner in the works Willow is light blue roan from a distance but get close up and there is some orange hairs mixed in giving him a nice dirty tinge. Hence his Name is Rushmoor silver and gold and he is passported as a blinkin grey :( but he gets darker in summer and very much a roan.

So what is his proper name colour?
 
Well, Rosie was advertised as a Strawberry Roan and it's in her passport - is it right?
('scuse the cheesy grin :) I was having a fun day)

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blue and white horses are actually quite common, they are classes as coloured horses and therefore eligable for coloured classes etc.

They usually fade when they are young but many of them retain their 'blue - ness' if that makes any sense?
 
Beatrice5 said:
To me she is a strawberry roan.

But was it Willow
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As I said he looks blue roan but with a tint of ginge :)
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I'd say he was grey, possibly born chestnut which would account for his 'tint of ginge' :) I'll bet in a few years time he'll be white.;) he'd have black points and head if he was a roan.
 
Nooooooo, I had a grey Connie x TB as my first horse loved her to bits but a nightmare to keep clean for a show or hunting :( sinks head into hands in dispair........
 
I like the note that was written to John Parker when they were picking Picasso up
Strawberry dappled roan,could be bay or chestnut! :D

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(I just call him "Pink" :D:D)
 
tonitot said:
could you send me the link to the advert please? The pony I just sold was chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail but had a dark brown dorsal stripe and zebra stripes, sounds liken they could be describing him!!
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Tonitot, I'll have a go..... but I browsed a load of sites in the last few days!!! I have a feeling it was a youngster, when I looked at the piccie he/she still had a baby tail with fluff, hard to tell what the colour was going to end up!!
 
We have two that are called bay roan on their passports, one is now a dapple grey but did have lots of red when she was a baby and the other almost white now, but he does have two tiny, tiny bay spots. They made a baby together which apparently proves that one of them is definitely NOT a bay roan as you cannot get a healthy foal from two bay roans, something to so with genetics!
 
Ok, so both of your horses are grey and were probably born bay. I've never heard about the roan gene causing problems, are you thinking of lethal white syndrome?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_white_syndrome

Lethal white syndrome (LWS), also called overo lethal white syndrome (OLWS), lethal white overo (LWO), and overo lethal white foal syndrome (OLWFS), is an autosomal genetic disorder most prevalent in the American Paint Horse. Affected foals are born after the full 11-month gestation and externally appear normal, though they have all-white or nearly all-white coats and blue eyes. However, internally, these foals have a nonfunctioning colon. Within a few hours, signs of colic appear and affected foals die within a few days. Because the death is often painful, such foals often are humanely euthanized once identified. The disease is particularly devastating for breeders because foals are born seemingly healthy after being carried to full term.
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If you think roans are difficult to sort out, try Appy's :D The old Appy and her friend, a bay roan TbxWelshD were known as the pink horses :D The old Appy was a chesnut roan leopard spot, who became paler with more spots as she got olde. The current is chesnut with roaning and varnish marks! :eek: :D
 
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