Clarify this color please

[kolb494]

I just had this lovely little filly and I'm struggling to get her color right. Dam is an obvious sooty bay, I *think* the sire is a buckskin pearl dun (I'm not great with double or pseudo-double dilutes). So I think the foal is either bay dun, red dun, or dunskin (all with tobiano).

Filly

[BlackOak2]

I just had this lovely little filly and I'm struggling to get her color right. Dam is an obvious sooty bay, I *think* the sire is a buckskin pearl dun (I'm not great with double or pseudo-double dilutes). So I think the foal is either bay dun, red dun, or dunskin (all with tobiano).

Bay dun, pearl carrier.
Dame is a smoky brown roan. Sire is a bit more difficult... I'm leaning toward smoky brown pearl.

[kolb494]

Thank you so much. I'm glad to see that I had a decent understanding on the colors in the first place. Multiple dilutions can be challenging.

[BlackOak2]

Thank you so much. I'm glad to see that I had a decent understanding on the colors in the first place. Multiple dilutions can be challenging.

Yes, you seem to have a fair handle on the colors so far! Congrats on that.
Dilutions are also not my strong point. But start to work with a particular set of color genes and it gets much easier to identify them.

[Nazarach]

I just had this lovely little filly and I'm struggling to get her color right. Dam is an obvious sooty bay, I *think* the sire is a buckskin pearl dun (I'm not great with double or pseudo-double dilutes). So I think the foal is either bay dun, red dun, or dunskin (all with tobiano).

Bay dun, pearl carrier.
Dame is a smoky brown roan. Sire is a bit more difficult... I'm leaning toward smoky brown pearl.

Isn't she rather a brown dun (with pearl)? the warm spots - muzzle, lower stomach seem more in line with brown i think and her mane is really dark :/

compared her to some foals of my own and her color definitly seems closer to the brown one - even if their dun isn't as a heavy as it currently seems to be in her case ^^'

definitly agree with your guess for the parents; the sire would also be my suspect to be the carrier for the dun

yours


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the brown foal

https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1725704
the bay one

https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/1768289

[BlackOak2]

Bay dun, pearl carrier.
Dame is a smoky brown roan. Sire is a bit more difficult... I'm leaning toward smoky brown pearl.

Isn't she rather a brown bay dun (with pearl)? the warm spots - muzzle, lower stomach seem more in line with brown i think and her mane is really dark :/

compared her to some foals of my own and her color definitly seems closer to the brown one - even if their dun isn't as a heavy as it currently seems to be in her case ^^'

definitly agree with your guess for the parents; the sire would also be my suspect to be the carrier for the dun

Nazarach is correct. Brown Dun, not what I said, bay. Looking at just the foal image, it didn't dawn on me. Sorry about that.

Which is one of the reasons that generally we await for the yearling pics. You're welcome to blame this one entirely on me.