Those that remember the Connie being tested for HWSD that probably wasn't a Connie....
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I would go for her having Haflinger in her.
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I thought that, or a haffy cross. Either way she is lovely!
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I was thinking more along the lines of Fjord, rather than Haffy, but either way she's lovely!
Beautiful!!!
Was just going to ask the same? What colour is she?
Love it whatever it’s called, very pretty.
Good luck with her @Stenners
Love it whatever it’s called, very pretty.
Good luck with her @Stenners
*geek incoming just with general info 
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
*geek incoming just with general info
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
Yes.
Yes, PREs often have ND1 but true dun is vanishingly rare.
*geek incoming just with general info
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
My old haffie has a decent amount of grey in her mane but nothing quite like hers. Her ginger eye lashes and black muzzle is quite like my new haffie. Both my two are a darker chestnut though. Very pretty whatever she is. Hope your having loads of fun so far!
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Yes please! I didn't comment, but I did admire.
Here she is! So the top photo was just after I got her. The bottom photo was taken just after Xmas. Fully clipped out and looking a bit too lean. The last photo was taken last week.... now looking really good!
For the eagle eyes of you that notice the white patches by her withers.... this is from the saddle she came with that never fitted her - I was absolutely gutted when I saw them on clipping a couple of clips back. A couple of saddlers have told me they should go with a coat change and they have gone a little bit already so fingers crossed they all go!
The other white patches are just part of her colouring!
For the eagle eyes of you that notice the white patches by her withers.... this is from the saddle she came with that never fitted her - I was absolutely gutted when I saw them on clipping a couple of clips back. A couple of saddlers have told me they should go with a coat change and they have gone a little bit already so fingers crossed they all go!
The other white patches are just part of her colouring!
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It would be interesting to test her and see if she's flaxen chestnut or sooty palomino with or without nd1. I'm thinking flaxen chestnut + nd1 but wouldn't lay money on it lol!!! She's really, really seriously lovely!
I've got a friend with a fjord X dales with fairly similar colouring but I'm now going to bob over to FB to see what mane colour her mare has - yours is really unusual!
*geek incoming just with general info
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
All fjords are DD (homozygous dun)
The pics of her ears so far (and general coat colour) don't really suggest dun going on.
But if she has a stripe (which prob doesn't go through the tail) she may well be nd1 - which adds primitive markings, but doesn't dilute coat but more recently been suspected to cause the lighter ear fluff on blacks that people previously thought indicated the presence of the cream gene (smoky black) even though it doesn't affect black pigment
I think on your older pics she is palo with sooty which is limited to mane, but what I'm curious about/what throws me is her muzzle and eye skin colour being quite so solid and dark grey and her head being quite so 'peachy'.
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She is absolutely stunning, how many hands high is she? I've never seen a horse with colouring like that before.
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Those are two of the best ones....I personally use VGL but either will do. You have to buy tests, get sent a kit, send a mane hair sample off with root bulbs still attached then wait for results It's really easy to do!
As a starter I'd get Extension, Agouti, and cream tested.
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Those are two of the best ones....I personally use VGL but either will do. You have to buy tests, get sent a kit, send a mane hair sample off with root bulbs still attached then wait for results
It's really easy to do!As a starter I'd get Extension, Agouti, and cream tested.
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Very unusual and pretty.
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Those are two of the best ones....I personally use VGL but either will do. You have to buy tests, get sent a kit, send a mane hair sample off with root bulbs still attached then wait for results It's really easy to do!
As a starter I'd get Extension, Agouti, and cream tested.
Equine Genetic Testing Services | Animal Genetics UK
Those are two of the best ones....I personally use VGL but either will do. You have to buy tests, get sent a kit, send a mane hair sample off with root bulbs still attached then wait for results
It's really easy to do!As a starter I'd get Extension, Agouti, and cream tested.