Look at this lovely baby

foothillsequine · Postby **foothillsequine** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:42 pm

http://www.equinenow.com/horse-ad-373834

They call her a "buttermilk buckskin". Never heard of such a color, but that's just me. She is stunning...

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:02 pm

Well ... what their FOAL coats look like and what their MATURE coats look like can be 2 very different things!!!

Here is Dudley that belongs to a client at about the same age as the filly you posted:

and here is Dudley as a 2 year old:

Here is my Nightlight filly as a baby:

and then as a yearling:

Chai Latte I REALLY thought was going to stay light from her baby picture:

but she is getting darker and darker each year it seems ...

I think with buckskin's in particular or the bay/brown based dilutes, what you see as a baby is not necessarily what you are going to get going forward as their coats shed and change each season ...

foothillsequine · Postby **foothillsequine** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:58 pm

Hi TC, thanks so much for the lesson in colour!

I just posted the pic cause I thought she was beautiful, and frankly, I had never heard of a "buttermilk buckskin". But then I am not a colour professional as you all are. Although, I do love all my chestnuts

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TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:15 pm

But then I am not a colour professional as you all are

I hope you are using the "professional" part loosely! :lol:

My knowledge on colour PALES in comparison to people like ACC and Riddle Me This ...

I think my Faux Finish mare came as close to a true "buttermilk" buckskin (especially at maturity) as anything I have seen, especially in the TB's - this is her as a 2 year old:

and then at 4:

She really retained that light, dappley hue all the way through, through each successive coat shed each spring as well ...

accphotography · Postby **accphotography** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:48 pm

To me buttermilk has always been more of a white buckskin:

(although this one appears to possibly have dun as well):

But it's all really subjective.

HeadlessHorseman · Postby **HeadlessHorseman** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:27 pm

Mine is more like Chocolate Milk :lol:

HH

foothillsequine · Postby **foothillsequine** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:30 pm

TrueColours wrote:
But then I am not a colour professional as you all are

I hope you are using the "professional" part loosely! :lol:

Hi TC, no, not really. You breed for colour and athleticism from what I read, so I was not being factitious. I totally understand DNA, RNA, dominant, and recessive, but frankly, I breed to race, so whatever colour I get is fine by me!

I do appreciate your input, and ACC and Riddle Me This are incredibly knowledgeable so I will always defer on the colour thing. Again, I just thought she was gorgeous. So shall I assume that she will only get darker as she ages? And, ACC you just had to confuse me more with "white buckskin didn't you??

accphotography · Postby **accphotography** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:01 pm

I do suspect she'll get a bit darker, but it's not always predictable.

Oh I meant it literally, not a color term. A buttermilk buckskin to me has a nearly white body and black points. The next term would be a golden buckskin which is a bit darker than TCF's mare so I don't know that I have a term for her. However, it is subjective and if you look at buttermilk itself you might decide TCF's mare is just that.

foothillsequine · Postby **foothillsequine** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:15 pm

Oh no.....I am in over my head! :roll:

but that's just me..... :lol:

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:27 am

Yeah - compared to ACC's example, Faux Finish is more of a BROWN or golden buttermilk buckskin, if there even IS such a thing! :lol:

Heck - the Jockey Club calls her "bay" anyhow. She's one HECK of a light bay!!!

And I think if you asked for current pictures of that filly of Brenda's in that ad, you'd see her much much darker now and even more so in the spring

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:18 am

accphotography wrote:To me buttermilk has always been more of a white buckskin:

(although this one appears to possibly have dun as well):

But it's all really subjective.

Hmmm, legs like a champagne equine!

framed · Postby **framed** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:54 pm

Looks like a very cute filly. Glad to hear her brother landed a nice spot. Buckskins are tough ones to predict. From what I've seen in other breeds, usually takes 1-3 yrs to reach the final color, if they carry a sooty or smutty gene/modifier. (not sure which it is. ACC??) Will be interesting to follow these youngsters and see their colors at maturity. Posting a couple of pics of my colt in early fall, then again in early winter with my daughter and her friends. One of the mothers sent me this shot. I prefer not to take many pictures in winter! A shaggy baby just makes me long for Spring that much more! He looks lighter in his winter coat, though I see the same with my palominos. Will be interesting to see what we have in the Spring. Thanks for posting the pic of Chai Latte! Love that head/neck shot. I've always wanted to see a pic of her at maturity. What a lovely face! Wish HH would share a few more photos of her. :wink:

Thanks HH for helping with photos!

accphotography · Postby **accphotography** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:55 pm

Who IS that Framed!?!?

color · Postby **color** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:56 pm

http://www.echohillsporthorses.com/2010foals.html

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:02 am

He is ADORABLE Framed!!! Really looking forward to seeing pics of him in the spring ...

Wish HH would share a few more photos of her.

Yeah - so do I and the rest of the planet ... :roll:

Oh DARLA!!! You are being paged!!! :lol:

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