What colour is this guy?

[Wild_Brumby]

I found this stud and I'm confused by his colouring.
When you look at his gallery he was born a chestnut. Could this be a very heavy sooty taking over?

Big John

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/27143

[Meyersdale]

I would say a graying dark chestnut i think

[Baranduin Brewster]

I found this stud and I'm confused by his colouring.
When you look at his gallery he was born a chestnut. Could this be a very heavy sooty taking over?

Big John

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/27143

I would say extreme mealy with heavy sooty on the chestnut

[Wild_Brumby]

I definitely think Sooty now. I have a palomino filly out of him who is going black across her back. I didn't think of mealy. Going through his foals (which I didn't think of until now) there are a lot with mealy.
Thanks for the replies guys

[horselover131334]

sooty definitly

[Tahlik20]

He is a dark medium gray i did some research on gray horse colours and i found one that looks exactly like him

[BlackOak2]

This horse is chestnut affected with pangare and heavy sooty expression.
The reason he looks 'gray' is because of an old bug that's since been corrected. There are a few of these still hanging around. If you look at his yearling gallery photo, you will see clearly that he is a very bright chestnut with pangare. By 4 years, he's already darkened a bit and now at 12 years, he's considerably darker. This progressive darkening is indicative of the sooty gene. He may continue to darken until he's black in color.

[Wild_Brumby]

He is a dark medium gray i did some research on gray horse colours and i found one that looks exactly like him

None of his foals grey. The only ones that are got the grey from their mothers. Grey lightens not darkens. I have a palomino filly from him who's crazy dark along her back.