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Paitedcloud Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:04 pm Posts: 24

Bay? Leopard?

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Hey!

What colour is this guy? I thought he was a Bay, but his mane isn't black at all

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Also, how do you call this white pattern?

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Paitedcloud Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:04 pm Posts: 24

Re: Bay? Leopard?

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nyraeia Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:47 pm Posts: 621

Re: Bay? Leopard?

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His mane isn't black because he's actually a chestnut ;)
I'd call him a chestnut semi-leopard.



This one is simply a bay with some minimal blanket, I'd call it (but don't rely on me for Leopard pattern names, please) and a few Snowflakes.
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Paitedcloud Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:04 pm Posts: 24

Re: Bay? Leopard?

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Thanks! By the way, the links are switched xD I was asking for the Chestnut's pattern and the other colour, like the mane got me confused
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Alana Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:31 am Posts: 100

Re: Bay? Leopard?

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The mane is probably due to the leopard complex and he will go more and more Varnish as he ages
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nyraeia Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:47 pm Posts: 621

Re: Bay? Leopard?

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Paitedcloud wrote:Thanks! By the way, the links are switched xD I was asking for the Chestnut's pattern and the other colour, like the mane got me confused
Oh sorry, I must have misunderstood.
Yes, Alana is right. Every horse with the Leopard Complex will varnish more and more with age. This also affects mane and tail - they go white.
Silver is visible from day one on black-based horses, see this example:
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This is a silver buckskin.

Varnish Roaning is not visible at newborn age and develops with time, that's probably why it confused you :)

Edit:
This one of my horses has the Leopard Complex but no pattern genes, so he only exhibits the varnishing but doesn't have a blanket. You can see the varnish progressing quite nicely in his gallery.

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