Grey horse born from non grey parents ?

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Beluga
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Postby Beluga » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:38 am

summerhorse wrote:Switches still happen now, I recall reading about some here and there. And they were only discovered because they were breeding animals and as pointed out, the dna didn't match. they were figured out I believe.

Was it Dare To Command who was switched with another horse years ago? Forget the other horse but the wrong horse went to stud and the wrong one kept racing! It was some name like that.


As for Question Day here is what the french database tells us :

Stud-book de naissance : STUD BOOK FRANCAIS CHEVAL DE PUR SANG
Stud-book de reproduction : STUD BOOK FRANCAIS CHEVAL DE PUR SANG
Né(e) le : 31/03/2004
Muni d'un transpondeur électronique : OUI
Cet équidé est génotypé ADN : OUI
Origines vérifiées par contrôle de filiation : OUI

Translation :

Studbook of birth: STUD BOOK FRENCH HORSE THOROUGHBRED
Studbook breeding: STUD BOOK FRENCH HORSE THOROUGHBRED
Born: 03/31/2004
Equipped with an electronic transponder: YES
This animal is genotyped DNA: YES
Origins verified by parentage control: YES