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Pauline
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Rozy Rider
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 13 Aug 2007 : 11:31:12 PM
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| Molde, MC Natalie Jabask was sold at the Malvern sale in 1998 and is listed as BAY. date of birth 09.06.86. Sue |
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shah
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England
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 : 07:42:56 AM
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Shah was dark dapple grey as a youngster and at 17 he's now heavily fleabitten with bay/chestnut spots. He has offspring that are bay, grey, and chestnut, and his full brother went completely white in old age while Shah is getting more and more spotty - so much so someone once nearly mistook him for an appaloosa  |
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goldenballs
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Geena
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England
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 : 09:22:09 AM
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| I used to work at a stud yard where one of the foals was born dark brown, by the time he was a month old he has white googles round his eyes by 2 months he had a white head and by 6 months he was more like a silver dun!! Very impressive colour change. When his new owners came to collect him and asked to see foal pictures they didn't believe it was him until we showed them the series of them leading to his current colour!! |
  
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cmills
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 : 10:55:51 AM
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| I'm so glad I saw this - I'd thought I was seeing things as my PBA mare was a chestnut foal, dark grey as a yearling, dappled when I bought her as a three years old, lighter as a 4 year old and now has increasing numbers of flea bites - chestnut ones. I thought I was seeing things as more and more flea bites are appearing! |
If I could put a piccie on here I would! |
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Nimlat
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England
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 : 6:57:55 PM
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| Yes, it does seem as though grey horses are more prone to melanomas. During the greying process the colour pigment is pulled back from the hair shaft into the skin. This causes the more likely incidence of melanoma. A grey is no more likely to suffer from sunburn than any other colour, only on the areas with no pigment - white markings. Greys usually have deep black pigment, which is another good way to foretell if a chestnut foal will turn grey. A chestnut to stay chestnut will have "coffee" coloured pigment at birth. A chestnut to go grey will have black pigment at birth. |
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redcomet
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England
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Posted - 15 Aug 2007 : 3:19:55 PM
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| a friends pony was v dark wen a youngster and in just 6 months of having her relly came up quite light so think wld be quite poss! love the colur better than bay! |
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cassy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Aug 2007 : 4:03:55 PM
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| What lovely pics, my o/h has got a anglo out of Arab mare/TB stallion she is a stunning fleabitten with some of her dots more like spots but flecks head to hoof, i just love her colour though need sticky velcro to stop on board ha ha ha |
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Judith S
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Wales
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Posted - 22 Aug 2007 : 4:33:32 PM
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Just been sortING out some photos & found these of Sly (Sharrif Al Quua) - he was a yearling in the photos.....now at 14 hes fleabitten grey (the grey in my signature). I can't believe he really was that dark!
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GHALEEM
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Aug 2007 : 7:48:57 PM
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Wow thats a big change
Do they always get white googles first if they are going grey? My yearling was supposed to be grey but came out chestnut. He has started getting alot of white hairs throught his coat. Could he go grey now? They are on his belly but quickly migrating through to his quaters.
Dont know if you can see from these photos, there is more now than when the photos were taken.
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Judith S
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Wales
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Posted - 22 Aug 2007 : 8:00:02 PM
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Sly never did the white goggles bit! He lightened up from his dark colour to iron grey, then the most beautiful dapple grey - my wonderful rocking horse!! - then he's lightened off over the years till now he's fleabitten but still has very dark hocks!! His sire & g.sire were pure white.........Sly is now 14 & not showing any signs yet of loosing his flea-bites!!
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shah
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England
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Posted - 23 Aug 2007 : 08:53:39 AM
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Judith, sounds like my Shah has had the same journey as your Sly then! I don't know exactly how he started life, only seen pics of him as a 4-5 yr old, and then from 10 onwards.
Here are his fleabites now (courtesy of radfoto):
Hope the pic is not too big... |
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