Light ear tips

[TallPinesTraining]

My little Peanut has very light ear tips. Is this normal genetics ?
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4383986


Looking at his pedigree I just noticed his sire has dark ear tips and his dam also has lighter ear tips.
I s something like this hereditary?

[Argent]

It;'s just based on what color the horse is

[TallPinesTraining]

It;'s just based on what color the horse is

Thank you. I just have never noticed this two toned ears before.

[sunandshadow]

My horses with dark ear tips are bays, so maybe that's part of the bay coloration.

[BlackOak2]

It's as sunandshadow said. It's because your horse is bay under that champagne and cream.

[TallPinesTraining]

My horses with dark ear tips are bays, so maybe that's part of the bay coloration.

Interesting. Peanut has very light ear tips, but his sire does have dark ear tips Thank you

[TallPinesTraining]

It's as sunandshadow said. It's because your horse is bay under that champagne and cream.

Thank you It was the 2-tone color that I found curious. Peanut has very light ear tips but his sire does have the dark ear tips.
I am not knowledgeable about color genetics at all; I wondered if it was coming from the tobiano in him.
Glad to now know he is Bay under all that dilutions Thank you

[Silverine]

Thank you It was the 2-tone color that I found curious. Peanut has very light ear tips but his sire does have the dark ear tips.
I am not knowledgeable about color genetics at all; I wondered if it was coming from the tobiano in him.
Glad to now know he is Bay under all that dilutions Thank you

If you look at his lower legs, they are the same color as his ear tips. If he were bay, or if he only had one of either champagne or cream, the ear tips would be darker. But since he has both dilutions, he gets the lighter color.

[TallPinesTraining]

Thank you It was the 2-tone color that I found curious. Peanut has very light ear tips but his sire does have the dark ear tips.
I am not knowledgeable about color genetics at all; I wondered if it was coming from the tobiano in him.
Glad to now know he is Bay under all that dilutions Thank you

If you look at his lower legs, they are the same color as his ear tips. If he were bay, or if he only had one of either champagne or cream, the ear tips would be darker. But since he has both dilutions, he gets the lighter color.

Does that mean he is not bay then? not that it matters, i am not breeding for color, just curious

[Iris Rock Stables]

My little Peanut has very light ear tips. Is this normal genetics ?
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4383986


Looking at his pedigree I just noticed his sire has dark ear tips and his dam also has lighter ear tips.
I s something like this hereditary?

Definitely dam lines. The sire has bay lines which doesn't look like the foal had taken up on the bay lines. And yes it can be normal as its just hereditary