umm strang colour what would u call it?

[santana]

what would u call it heres a pic the foals the one im talking about

thanks

rosie

[santana]

anybody?????

[chev]

He's a blanket Appaloosa. Blanket markings are solid white areas, sometimes with spots, over the hip (but not confined to the hips). He may develop more spots as he gets older.

[raingodz]

The foal has Frosted Hip markings and the mother has Near Leopard. There is a good description of apperloosa markings here: http://www.appaloosa.org.uk/BreedProfile/tabid/165/Default.aspx

[santana]

ok thanks

[chev]

Think I need glasses. Looked like a blanket with spots to me :o

[santana]

at the mo i think you would call it a buckskin, Frosted Hip appy x
heres a another pic

[santana]

well if she stays this way she will be a one and olny :D

[raingodz]

Any chance of making the second pic a bit bigger? I'd love to get a better look.

Is this your foal? It dose look very nice.

[santana]

yea i can but i have found a better pic :D
ill see if i can up load iy
yes she is mine thats me riding her mum

[raingodz]

Yup, thats a nice photo.

Think I need glasses. Looked like a blanket with spots to me
This got me wondering wether an Appaloosa can change between an Frosted Hip and a Spotted Blanket or plane blanket (or other way) as they mature.

[cvb]

raingodz

we have a resident colour genetics person somewhere.... but its not me !

However, my mare was born a bay blanket with spots and a blaze on her nose(have black and white photo on her registration) but she has the varbish roan gene so is now varnish oran and you can only spot (no pun intended) the blaze in certain lights as an absence of spots rather than a clear change of colour !

http://groups.msn.com/NRphotos/cvbfifi.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=5009

[santana]

nice horse
we do a little bit of breeding on the farm (a about 2 foals a year)
same here chev
raingodz i wonder???
thanks
rosie

[raingodz]

Santana, you will have to take regular photographs and keep us posted so we can see if and how the markings change.

cvb, I think fifi is a very nice looking horse, I have not seen marking quite like that before, but it is interesting how some horses change as they mature.

[santana]

would you believe that her dad is about 15.2hh and full colour appy :o shes come out all worong :o taken after her mum in nature (her mums nickname is "the spotted devil" :rolleyes: :( )
but shes still good
rosie

[raingodz]

Think I need glasses. Looked like a blanket with spots to me :o

Chev: I thought that too on first look, but then I thought that to be a spotted blanket the blanket base colour would be white and the spots would be brown, and to be a plain blanket the white would be more solid, but too me it looks like it is white spots on the brown base, but looking at photos other frosted hip marked appaloosas their white spots seem smaller and more detached than on this foal, so I think this is a bit of guess work on my part, it will be very interesting to see if it changes as it gets older.

I just read my first post to this thread and I sounded like a bit of a know-it-all - I am infact really just a horseless wanabe-appaloosa-owner :) , so my appologies for that, I should have added "I think" to the start of the sentence, that'll teach me to go on NR 10 mins after getting up!

[santana]

raingodz do u live in aussie?
im amost sure that chev should fogive you
well back to horses

[chev]

raingodz - your post didn't seem know-it-all at all... don't worry! :D

Markings can change in some Appaloosa patterns. Some horses lose spots (the spots that can be felt as raised spots, and that are even rather than 'drippy' tend not to fade) through fading as they get older, others develop spots they weren't born with (spotting out). Varnish roan is one of the complex of patterns that works pretty much like grey - it replaces other patterns until the horse is pale roan all over.

Near leopard horses like the mare start off as solid or near solid coloured and then shed out as a yearling to become near leopards. Near leopards retain some colouring on the legs and head, and often on the chest and flanks. This roany colour is also known as varnish marks. True leopards are born clearly spotted.

So this foal could actually have taken after mum yet; there's a good chance she'll shed out to near leopard herself later on.

[raingodz]

raingodz do u live in aussie?


No, I'm in Sheffield, UK. Although one of my mothers cousins moved to Australia in the 1950's so I do have family there, but have yet been able to afford to visit.

[santana]

ok
i wish that some time that i could go to the uk....
rosie

[santana]

bigger pic of pebbles foal

[ponylover88]

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[santana]

thanks she is a cutey :D
that foal might help bring my stp-sister back into horses ( she had a bad fall and then never got back into them fully but she just loves this foal .... bad little hood that it is :D... never walks always gallops )

sounds like here in winter ... always flooding here in winter :(

rosie

[raingodz]

Another nice photo, thanks for sharing that with us.

I do hope you step-sister can get over her fall, it must have been a bad one.

And as for the UK it has it's good side and bad, mostly good I think. But a friend of mine is desperate to move to NZ, his dream is to work for Weta Workshop (the people who did the special effects for Lord of the Rings).

I remember when I was younger that I wanted to go abroad so much, but my parents didn't do holidays (too much time looking after the goat farm :rolleyes: ), so I didn't manage to travel out of England (not even to the rest of UK) until I was 18.