Sooty Dapple Project

[CarouselCowgirl]

This is a multi-farm project, so it needs a new thread! However, I wanted to create a log that is more organized than a simple forum thread can be... so I made a weebly site for the project.

http://hwosootydappleproject.weebly.com/

Currently, Lekara and I are working on sooty dapple Andalusians! Please take a look around and gawk and the sooty dapple beauties.

Revenant, I know you expressed that you would like to help too! Feel free to put a comment on the site, or here to contact me!

[CarouselCowgirl]

New blog post!

http://hwosootydappleproject.weebly.com ... aster-plan

This one is about breeding sooty dapple horses, and my plans for achieving 100% Andalusians with sooty dapples.

[CarouselCowgirl]

New blog post!
http://hwosootydappleproject.weebly.com ... tep-closer

[CarouselCowgirl]

Exciting news!
http://hwosootydappleproject.weebly.com/blog/we-did-it

[CarouselCowgirl]

Small blog post
http://hwosootydappleproject.weebly.com ... ent-status

[Revenant]

This is all lovely. I'm reading through your blog posts now. I too have Andalusians but not in sooty dapple, I'd be willing to help you two with your project. Of course, I'd intend to also spread the sooty dapple to my Exmoor Ponies too.

[CarouselCowgirl]

This is all lovely. I'm reading through your blog posts now. I too have Andalusians but not in sooty dapple, I'd be willing to help you two with your project. Of course, I'd intend to also spread the sooty dapple to my Exmoor Ponies too.

Hi Revenant! I am always looking for 100% Andalusian studs to breed some mares to. Do you have any non-dun, roan, grey, champagne, or leopard complex studs?

[Revenant]

Honestly I think I only have mares atm. Bred myself into a corner--too many fillies for once! I'll have to check back with you when I have a few 100% foals. So you would like horses to be NOT dun but you're like them to be roan, gray, champagne, or leopard complex? As far as I knew, PRE (Pura Raza Espanola) accepted colors were gray, bay, and black until 2002 when chestnut and dilute genes (champagne, cream, and dun--probably pearl and/or silver) were accepted. I know rarely metallic and rabicano crop up. Are you just breeding for all colors?

[CarouselCowgirl]

Oh no, I mean NONE of those colors, preferably. Dun sometimes is okay, but the others I haven't been able to see dapples on easily.

[Lekara]

Thanks for joining in, Revenant.
And a HUGE thank you to CarouselCowgirl for getting this project rolling.

Also note - black foals aren't good for trying to find dapples on, either.
So really the optimal colors are chestnuts, bays, buckskins, palominos, perlinos and cremellos. They just seem to be the easiest to "spot" (pun intended).