What Colour Is This Horse?

AprilBlue

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i was just on the internet and i found a pic of this horse and i just wanted to know what colour he/she was.

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I was gonna post a pic of my girl and ask for opinions on what colour she is as I only use a very loose "coloured" description. In winter she is black and white, in summer brown and white and the brown/black bits are kind of Roany/ spotty.

How do I add a pic?
 
The mottled skin and white sclera indicate that she has the LP gene.

She's definitely got the Tobiano gene.


Were either of her parents an Appaloosa or Knabstrupper (or part bred)?

I'm thinking that she could be a Varnish Roan Tobiano.
 
Yes the cat is on my hat. :D :p My lovely, warm Mountain horse trapper hat which I had only put down for a moment and he sat on it. He tried to curl up and go to sleep on it too (even though he didn't really fit). Needless to say, I had a cold head when checking the horses that evening. :(

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Ooh, thanks. That's all really interesting.

She was imported from Poland and has a Polish passport stating she is a Malopolski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malopolski

I did some research on a Polish studbook site and found some pictures of her grandfather who was coloured, but didn't look to have her spottyness.

This one shows her spots a bit better...you can see the dark spots towards her back end. Incidentially she also goes 3D in winter with very thick white hair and her dark hair stays quite fine.

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I don't think that she's pure Malopolski as the LP gene doesn't seem to be in that breed (Varnish Roan is caused by LP, not the true Roan gene).

I think that the simplest way to describe her colour would be Pintaloosa. :)
 
I have a matching cat an horse

both ginger, both female and both are rather tubby! Elsa's white on her stomach also look similar to Poppy's face markings :) fate!
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