> > born blue dun - became black (very common) > born red dun - became palomino > born jet black/blue dun/blue dun roan and chestnut - became grey > > Mic >
one thing I have noticed when people talk about icelandics and color... I dont know why, maybe because, in my opinion, some colors are a little "different" in icelandics, I dont know why or if anyone else has noticed... maybe its the coat length or something... but I dont know of any other breed gaited horse where palomino is so pale as in icelandics. They almost look cremello. They rarely look much darker than the mane and tail. I have only seen one or two pics of a truly golden palomino. And in SD... in other gaited breeds or in minis and shetlands that have the SD colors, they all recognize the deep liver chestnut with the dark taupe mane and tail, but in icelandics... do they not recognize that as SD or is that a color that does not occur much?? karen has a young horse, Tifa, that to me is this dark mushroomy colored mane and tail SD... but in other breeds, TWH for instance, SD bay is often mistaken for chestnut or this liver chestnut with mushroomy mane and tail SD is mistaken for a red. So you hear people say things like "they say it is impossible for two red horses to make a black foal, but these two did..." and you look and one is SD bay.... registered chestnut/flaxen. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
