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Keeping horses up for vanity purposes

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Longneck
Reg. Mar 2004
Posted 2015-03-04 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Keeping horses up for vanity purposes


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IowaCanChaser - 2015-03-04 1:08 PM
oija - 2015-03-04 12:41 PM Genetically there really isn't such a thing as what the AQHA calls a 'brown'. You may have a smoky black (who is a real black but has burnt looking hair) or you may have a dark buckskin or bay. A DNA test is the only way to see what you have. Either way, feeding paprika before they shed off (2 tbsp a day) and keeping them up in the day (or letting out only in a fly sheet) will keep them dark.
His AQHA papers say "Brown"

Mine, too... but I'm not even going to try and figure out genetics! haha! 
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oija
Reg. Feb 2012
Posted 2015-03-04 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: Keeping horses up for vanity purposes



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Location: Gainesville, TX		AQHA's color definitions are outdated. They were done when there was no DNA testing. It's important because a smoky black carries a crème gene, just like a Palomino or Buckskin. That means if you breed a smoky black to another horse that carries a crème gene you run a 1/4 chance of getting a cremello or perlino, one of those goldy white horses often with pink or blue eyes. These colors can be hard to sell and hard to maintain.

A dark bay that is registered as a brown looks the same BUT will not throw those colors; they have no crème gene.

In terms of appearance, "brown" works but if you are breeding the genetics play a big role.

Edited by oija 2015-03-04 1:44 PM
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