The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR

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[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Man I'm sure you like that old horse, but shes got a PumpJack head if I've ever seen one, its huge!

BigMack

[CindyDawg]

Our current arguement here is his color - stud owner says dun, I say a chestnut bred to a chestnut can't be anything but chestnut

I hesitate to ask this but could there have been another guy in her life?

[Duchess47]

Yes, the stud can be seen at www.quincsgrandfinale.com
I'll try to go snag a picture or two of him.

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh.... Melody was beautiful and I think she has a pretty head! She wasn't very big... and I think she got shorter every year. She's long gone now, she belonged to the appy breeder that let me hang around when I was a kid. She was older than the hills then, and she died in her sleep one night.

That foal at her side, on the other hand, was a homely thing who didn't exactly improve with age ;~D bless his heart.

[Duchess47]

[Duchess47]

No, no one else. There is dun in the stud's background, I'm just not wanting to admit this guy could be dun. And theoretically, he shouldn't be unless the stud carries a dilution gene.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well I think he's pretty!

He threw a different kind of blanket on your foal, none of the peacock spots, just the snowy blanket.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Well that picture you posted of her sure didn't catch her good side. :)

BigMack

[Duchess47]

Note to self - next time steal a smaller picture.

[HairOfTheDog]

What's wrong with him being dun?

[HairOfTheDog]

It's the only one I got! :~D

[Duchess47]

Nothing really, just that he'd be a lot flashier as a chestnut. Mostly just my personal feelings about the stud coming out. He's a right pretty colt, and as a snocap, will almost always throw color if he is used as a stud, like 90-95% color.

[Duchess47]

I don't know the genetics of blue eyes in horses, although they usually show up in paints or horses with very wide blazes or bald faces.

[CindyDawg]

Well, I think Dad and Jr both gorgeous. Like you told me once, it's a roll of the dice. Looking at horses, is seeing the awesome, creative hand of God :')

[Duchess47]

:) So true.

[CindyDawg]

Well we could let him do his thing next year and make a baby with Sarah Lee. Now that would be really interesting. No telling what we would get:')

[Duchess47]

Well, he won't be quite old enough next year. I went and looked at a bunch of the pictures on the appaloosa project though and it looks like he might carry the sabino gene. I'll let you know what they say when I get some pictures posted there.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

W-D 40 is a great de-tangler. Spray it on the knot in the the mane, let it dry awhile and they brush out alot easier, without much breakage.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Good morning

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

He is looking good:). Sorry about the blue eye. I'm not real fond of blue eyes either. But alot of people are.

Breeding is a crap shoot, no doubt.

Becky