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Post by fantasykiger on Jun 9, 2009 20:08:59 GMT -5
While I know that no Kiger Mustang comes in this shade of dun without some cross breeding. I still found this horse rather striking and wanted to share the photo I came across browsing horse pictures. I believe he is what would be refered to as a perlino dun.  Michelle, I know you have bred some dilute mares. Did you not get some dilute foals as well? |
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Jun 9, 2009 22:45:31 GMT -5
We have two palamino mares and two dunalinos (red+creme+dun) from Charro...this year Fabio is out of a palamino mare who also has the champange gene, but we don't belive he has it - just the dun and creme. We also have a young stud, Gringo, that is by Saphiro (cremello Lusitano) and Sycha - who we belive carries the creme gene. Gringo is either a double dilute or a pearl with one creme and one pearl gene which would make him appear to be a double dilute. I DO need to get him tested, just keep putting it off. I do know that he is most likely a perlino, due to the facts that Sycha has never had a red based foal and Saphiro is dominant for the agouti, which means no smokey blacks.
Gringo has distinct stripes - dorsal and leg barring. His mane/tail are both bi-colored - kind of that orangey/bronzey color as the horse above. I plan on using him in our breeding program if he makes the cut, the only thing that concerns me is that he is 15'3 at two years old (already the same size his sire is) and I am hoping hoping hoping, he does not get 17 hands...so, maybe we can have some more dilutes as we go. I would really be interested in seeing if we can get some nice colts like Fabio with the dun and champagne color.
I took some picts of Gringos stripes a few weeks ago when he had a bath, I'll see if I can dig them up. One of our dunalinos has distinct stripes, when I give her a bath in the next few days, I'll take some picts of her. The other ones stripes are kind of mottled and cobwebbed, only visable certain times of the year. We'll see how Fabio does in that department when he sheds out, although he already has a mask and ear tips showing up.
Color is always interesting because it is something that is readily seen and not so objective as temperment, trainability and even conformation....
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Jun 9, 2009 23:24:40 GMT -5
Picts of Gringo from this spring... His lower legs have a more orangey color to them too - hard to get on picts though. |
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Post by DianneC on Jun 10, 2009 0:24:15 GMT -5
I LOVE that mane, really shows how the stripe goes all the way up the neck with the body color on the outside.
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Post by DianneC on Jun 10, 2009 0:25:49 GMT -5
I LOVE that mane, really shows how the darker stripe continues all the way up the the middle of the neck with the body color on the outside.
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Post by spanishsagegrullas on Jun 10, 2009 8:56:30 GMT -5
Hurry, hurry, hurry on that testing, Michelle! We've been waiting since this foal was born and you said you'd do them, and I'd love to know what the cream gene genetics on dam and Gringo are. If you think pearl may be involved, that would be interesting to know. Does Saphiro carry pearl?
If you are going to do color testing, you might as well do the red/black, and Agouti on the dam. Then you know for sure what you color possibilities are.
Diane
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Post by fantasykiger on Jun 10, 2009 14:38:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the updated pictures of Gringo' Michelle  I hope you find it in the budget soon to get the color testing done. It sure would be great to know for sure, more so for you. |
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I hope you find it in the budget soon to get the color testing done. It sure would be great to know for sure, more so for you.