Very unusual mare, help?

[Rechalon]

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Her body is completely gray, but I don't think she's a gray? She didn't gray out.
Her mane has grayed out over time which is very strange.
I'm thinking she's silver, champagne, double pearl on black? The white legs are really throwing me off.

[Shadow Scar]

Her body is completely gray, but I don't think she's a gray? She didn't gray out.
I'm thinking she's silver, champagne, double pearl on black? The white legs are really throwing me off.

I've gone down her family tree and this is definitely caused by the gray gene. Some horses have the ability to completely gray out by 4 years old much like this mare whose only 4.5 years old.



Now for what she's hiding underneath that gray was a bit more difficult to figure out. I've gone down her family tree and I wasn't able to find any pearl hiding just a lot of cream under black based horses. If she was in fact a double pearl her eyes would be dark and not blue like they are currently. I will say newborn foal pictures are amazing when it comes to figuring out adult coats! I had to scrounge around and check out each horses offspring to piece together what their coats were.

Mare in Question (I unfortunately cant tell if she's chestnut or black based with her current pictures/offspring) - ?e + aa + Gg + Zz + Chch + CrCr

Sire (Silver Smoky Cream Champagne) - Ee + aa + Zz + Chch + Crcr

• Gran Sire (Silver Smoky Cream Champagne) - E? + aa + Z? + Ch? + CrCr
• Gran Dam (Smoky Black) - E? + aa + Crcr

Dam (Grey Smoky Black) - Ee + aa + Gg + Crcr

• Gran Sire (Smoky Black) - E? + aa + Crcr
• Gran Dam (Grey Amber Cream) - E? + Aa + G? + Chch + Crcr

[Rechalon]

That was very helpful, thank you! I think I've been seeing too much of the same coats over and over again, and anything different throws me off. She was very confusing!

[Shadow Scar]

That was very helpful, thank you! I think I've been seeing too much of the same coats over and over again, and anything different throws me off. She was very confusing!

It was no problem. I personally love a good genetics puzzle!