>>> A chestnut horse does not have any black mane or tail hair for the silver >>> gene to have an effect on. So a chestnut horse can carry the silver gene >>> but it will have no effect on their visual color.
Yes, but you have to first know that the horse is indeed chestnut. A lot of silver dapple bays have been mistakenly registered as chestnut, so what you just said isn't enough really to go on. Wanda, do you see any traces of dark coloring around her lower legs, where the black points would be on a bay? The other color that comes to my mind is palomino - Sina shows strong dappling as do a lot of palominos I know, and palominos are chestnut with cream. Kria is such a light sorrel - I wonder if she could actually be a dark palomino? That's another color distinction that can be hard to see. Can anyone else get any pictures of dappling on a known chestnut horse? A good many of my horses show dapples, but oddly, none of my chestnuts do. I'd never thought about that until Wanda brought it up. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
