What colour is she?

[rowy]

This is lola my new exmoor filly. she has been presumed to be bay but when she is outside in the natural light she looks like a dark dun so i wondered what u thought?

 

[LOU83]

I would say bay but with the typical exmoor lightness if that makes sense

 

[xRobyn]

Typical exmoor bay imo The mealy-ness is part of the breed.

 

[rowy]

Thanks I thought so, i just imagined if the blackish/ brown on top wasn't there, she would look really dun! And I haven't seen that many different exmoors so was just checking.

 

[LOU83]

She is lovely what are your plans for her

 

[smellsofhorse]

I would say bay.

My dark bay warmblood goes like this in the sun, parts of his coat is almost orange!

His name is Perry so we call him "perrys chocolate orange!"

 

[niagaraduval]

I would say brown, I heard natives that had lighter muzzles were called brown and not bay/dun etc..

 

[competitiondiva]

Definately bay, I have a welsh boy who is even lighter than that, we considered if he was actually a buckskin, he's on the border but would be a smokey buckskin, I could have a test done, but seriously I think he's just a sun bleached bay.

 

[Kenzo]

Personally I would call that brown, doesn't look anything like a bay.

 

[ester]

I would have her as a bay, if her legs, mane and tail are definitely black. Exmoors can be brown, bay or dun but she is much darker than I would say the dun ones are. As a primitive breed they have pangare/mealey gene which means they are paler underneath

the banner at the top of the page I think shows the various colours well, you can seelthe one at the back is much paler http://www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk/index.html

 

[only_me]

It looks as though she is going dun; but at the moment she is bay with mealy points

My horse is like that - he is dark bay in winter with mealy soft points but in summer is a rich bay

 

[Meowy Catkin]

As a primitive breed they have pangare/mealey gene which means they are paler underneath

She is a black based pangare. I don't know if she has agouti (the gene that causes bay on a black based horse) from the photos but you could get her DNA tested to find out.

 

[rowy]

Thanks everyone for your help, I haven't had her through winter yet so will be interesting to see colour change.

She is lovely what are your plans for her

Well she is 2 so i am going to lightly back her and show her in hand next year and then i will be doing working hunter showing and dressage mainly with her Hopefully she'll be big enough as she is currently about 11.2-3 and 12hh + behind but i know exmoors can carry more
Possibly will breed her as well in a few years but would probably be to an appy as i love them so much