whilst on the colour subject...

[clairefeekerry1]

how light do you think he'll go?? he's 6 now, had him for 6 months

 

[junglediva]

www perfect oppertunity for me to find out what colour mine will go lol.... he's 3 in may!

with yours i think hel probably go/stay iron grey till hes about 10 then lighten to grey?

 

[Trubie]

I think he looks great as he is...so sorry i wont allow him to go any lighter

 

[clairefeekerry1]

tbh, it never even crossed my mind when i bought him, til i got him home and my friend said " you do realise he'll end up very light grey"

 

[LittleSoph]

Don't they pretty much all go white?! The only difference being how long they take to grey out.

 

[clairefeekerry1]

i think yours mite go quite light quite quickly, he already looks like a has a few dapples

 

[SirenaXVI]

They will all get lighter and lighter until they are almost white I am afraid, this is Sirena as a 4yo

at 5

at 10

 

[Alphamare]

Will rose greys also white out then?

I am looking at a rose grey and would be gutted if she went white.

 

[NikkiF]

So just out of interest what colour gets put on their passport??

 

[clairefeekerry1]

well my man's passport was issued at 1 yr old and it says black. which i suppose he prob almost was, tho you would have thought there would have at least been a twinge of grey. not sure what happens with his freezemark as that has come thru white, which shows fine at the mo, but surely it wont if he goes white in yrs to come????

 

[NikkiF]

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well my man's passport was issued at 1 yr old and it says black. which i suppose he prob almost was, tho you would have thought there would have at least been a twinge of grey. not sure what happens with his freezemark as that has come thru white, which shows fine at the mo, but surely it wont if he goes white in yrs to come????

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Just confirms my opinion as to how useless passports are

 

[junglediva]

on my horse's pasport who is in the piccie it says he was liver chestnut :S

 

[SirenaXVI]

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Will rose greys also white out then?

I am looking at a rose grey and would be gutted if she went white.

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What you have to remember is that grey is NOT a colour, it is an effect on a colour. It is progressive and the horse is born the colour it would have been has it not inherited the grey gene.

A rose grey will not stay rose grey but will progressively get lighter and lighter until it is either pure or almost white. Sirena was actually born a dun, then went rose grey and is now white.

This filly is very chocolate at the moment but is just a yearling, she will also eventually be white


1 day old

1 year old

This mare was black and this is her at 6

and at 10

She is now pure white at 16

 

[Gleeful Imp]

Yup, I'm afraid rose greys go white too - mine certainly has!!!! The grey in my siggy was a deep rose grey when I got her but she's even whiter than in my siggy now!

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

Steel greys do 9/10 end up going almost white (obv not whitej ust really pale grey)

and on passports they should just say "grey" tones of colours are not allowed on passports (so steel grey, dappled grey, fleabitten grey etc are not allowed)
Its either grey, brown, black, etc