Nope - you're right... I'd have never guessed! Is roaning pretty dominant so you'd expect it from any foal from this momma? or does her daddy also add to that?
I think I read on that website that Duchess posted some time back that the roan gene was fairly dominant. Bluebell has always thrown roan, but then she's always been bred to another roan or to a gray. Blade's sire was blue roan (go figure!). Bob's sire was gray. Hope's sire was blue roan. So I don't know what would happen if I bred her to a solid. I don't want to mess with something that's working, if you know what I mean. The foal she's carrying now is by Bob's sire. The foal Truly is carrying is by Hope's sire, so we'll see if he throws his roan when bred to a black mare. He has before, I'm just not sure of the percentage.