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Not a TB, but what color would you say this is?

Postby skeenan » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:07 pm

It's a Mustang up for sale on the BLM site... looks dark liver chestnut, but the mane (which I would expect to see flaxen) is this color:

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https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=3361
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Postby HeadlessHorseman » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:21 pm

I can't pull up the link...HE sure is CUTE isn't he????? EDIT TO SAY..HE is a SHE... :lol:

What a face.....and with all that RED HAIR..She's a carrot top for sure...

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Postby RiddleMeThis » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:44 pm

100% without a doubt, chestnut.
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Postby accphotography » Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:26 pm

IMO this is flaxen on a super dark liver (flaxen can only lighten so much apparently).
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Postby skeenan » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:29 am

accphotography wrote:IMO this is flaxen on a super dark liver (flaxen can only lighten so much apparently).


That's kinda what I was thinking... very unusual and gorgeous color combo!
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Postby summerhorse » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:48 pm

Love the contrast. You see this combo a lot in Morgans and QHs for some reason.
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Postby Fairplayfarm » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:52 am

could also be a black that bleached over the summer quite badly and then shed out to start a winter coat.....either way its a really neat coloring!
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Postby ElPrado » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:13 pm

I've seen several Arabs like that. They call it a liver chestnut with flaxen mane and tail. Burt Reynolds owned a good example, but I didn't take a pic.
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Postby summerhorse » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:55 am

Yes she is def. a chestnut, some call this black chestnut. In Arabs and QHs you see the red m/t a lot more and in Morgans you see a more straw or greyish colored mane as much as the red mane. Either way that's a cool color and not a bad looking horse. Too bad my bronc busting days are OVER... :shock:

Here is a younger one at an earlier stage (and kind of sweaty)

https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/horse.php?horse_id=3309

They also had a couple silver bays on there.
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Postby Jorge » Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:48 am

accphotography wrote:IMO this is flaxen on a super dark liver (flaxen can only lighten so much apparently).



I agree with the aforementioned opinion.
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