[HairOfTheDog]

I think the color talk is interesting... there's a lot to breeding for color, that's why it's often a gamble to see what you are going to get. I've only had the one experience with a paint baby who was so perfect in every way 'cept solid! That wasn't a complete surprise, we knew he was not a guaranteed homozygous stallion, he just had the right body type and the long legs needed to counter our little stubby legged mare. I do think it's interesting that all the responsibility for color seems to rest on the stallion.

My other color experience is with appys as a kid, and I think they are even more of a gamble to predict what you are going to get.

I like Arabs - no preference for color, though Arab breeders spend a lot of time head-scratching about how to predict greys.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I've learned form experience that color should be the at the bottom of deciding if you want a certain horse or not. You need to look past color at conformation and attitude. I'm not real fond of greys either, but I've also learned, it's more how one is built if they are really pretty or not. I'm not that fond of Harleys color, but I think he's a beautiful horse. He's just put together so well that makes him pretty. Rusty's confirmation is pretty good to, not as good as Harleys tho. Color is not what makes them pretty, it can just make them prettier:)

Becky

[mommadooo3]

My other color experience is with appys as a kid, and I think they are even more of a gamble to predict what you are going to get.

FWIW...there's a Yahoo group that 'specializes' in apps. (the Appaloosa Project) I'm on the mailing list, but it's so darned 'technical' I'm 'lost'. LOL. Signed up for it to try and figure out 'what kind' of app Rei is.