A possible dilute carrier?

Linda_d · Postby **Linda_d** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:49 am

The mare pictured here looks like she might be some kind of dilute, possibly a dark buckskin or maybe even a smokey black. http://www.equinenow.com/horse-ad-439903 In the picture, she looks to show the uneven "sootiness" frequently seen in buckskins.

None of this is proof of anything, but this mare's fourth dam, foaled in 1958, was a "chestnut" named The Blonde. All the rest of the line has been "bays" -- or maybe dilutes hidden by the sooty modifier/gene. The Blonde also produced a "chestnut" filly named Golden Gorse that produced a filly, color unknown, named Saffron Lady. (http://www.pedigreequery.com/wills+easy)

summerhorse · Postby **summerhorse** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:00 pm

I don't think so, she looks like a sun faded bay and her pedigree doesn't really give much chance of a dilute either.

accphotography · Postby **accphotography** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:59 pm

She looks to be a BADLY faded black or dark brown to me. Not enough red for bay IMO.

Linda_d · Postby **Linda_d** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:30 pm

accphotography wrote:She looks to be a BADLY faded black or dark brown to me. Not enough red for bay IMO.

That's what made me notice her as well. Bays are more reddish.

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:17 pm

summerhorse wrote:I don't think so, she looks like a sun faded bay and her pedigree doesn't really give much chance of a dilute either.

Hmmmm, I sort of agree.

WILLS EASY (dkb/br M 2002) http://www.pedigreequery.com/wills+easy

http://www.equinenow.com/horse-ad-439903