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Steel Grey/Iron Grey: A grey horse with intermingled black and white hairs. This color occurs in a horse born black, or in some cases, dark bay, and slowly lightens as the horse ages. Rose Grey: A grey horse with a reddish or pinkish tinge to its coat. This color occurs in a horse born bay or chestnut and slowly lightens as the horse ages.
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Color is either the only criterion for registration or the primary criterion. These are called "color breeds", because unlike "true" horse breeds, there are few other physical requirements, nor is the stud book limited in any fashion. As a general rule, the color also does not always breed on (in some cases due to genetic impossibility), and ...
A color breed is a term that refers to horses that are registered based primarily on their coat color, regardless of the horse's actual breed or breed type. Color is either the only criterion for registration or the primary criterion. There are breeds that have color that usually breeds "true" as well as distinctive physical characteristics and ...
A color breed refers to groupings of horses whose registration is based primarily on their coat color, regardless of the horse's actual breed or breed type. Some color breeds only register horses with a desired coat color if they also meet specific pedigree criteria, others register animals based solely on color, regardless of parentage.
Horses with a very dark brown coat but a flaxen mane and tail are sometimes called "chocolate palomino", and some palomino color registries accept horses of such color. However, this coloring is not genetically palomino. There are two primary ways the color is created. The best-known is a liver chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. The genetics ...
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include the name of the base color (= black, chestnut, bay) and the modifying factors. For example: black + cream factor. Saying "factor" or "allele" instead of "gene" might be better. The descriptions of the color should be worded so that any horse of the color/carrying the color allele fits in.