Color Experts?

[faithfarm]

I am filling out the color genetic testing form for my loud tovero stallion and need to know the color of the dam. She is listed in the AMHA Studbook as RNB, I suspect that means black roan but not sure. The sire is solid bay but is a Rowdy son and has the LWO gene. So what does RNB stand for? I plan to test for LWO and Tobiano, anything else?

 

[Becky]

RNB is blue roan. Pretty boy!

 

[faithfarm]

Thanks Becky, I thought it was something like that. I checked her pedigree and see a lot of gray, I suspect that she is actually true gray but looked like a blue roan when registered.

 

[Songcatcher]

Good possibility on the gray. Glad your boy didn't get it.

If I were a gambling man (which I am not) I would bet money on him being LWO positive. But, there are only two ways to be sure. One is by testing and the other is by producing a lethal foal. I'm glad you're testing.

 

[faithfarm]

Good possibility on the gray. Glad your boy didn't get it.

If I were a gambling man (which I am not) I would bet money on him being LWO positive. But, there are only two ways to be sure. One is by testing and the other is by producing a lethal foal. I'm glad you're testing.

I'm not a fan of gray, so it's good for him that he's not gray; he would be living somewhere else. I'm almost positive he is LWO, since all in his pedigree are solid. I'm testing for tobiano as well, since the grays can hide anything.

 

[Becky]

He's definitely tobiano, too! I bet his dam must have been a minimally marked tobiano since I know his sire is not.

I know of one local breeder who has a line of grey horses in their herd but registers all the foals as blue roan.

: I would think that would be frustrating for a buyer when their 'blue roan' horse eventually turns white!

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[faithfarm]

He's definitely tobiano, too! I bet his dam must have been a minimally marked tobiano since I know his sire is not.

I know of one local breeder who has a line of grey horses in their herd but registers all the foals as blue roan.

: I would think that would be frustrating for a buyer when their 'blue roan' horse eventually turns white!

:

That is exactly what I thought. Those gray horses are sneaky. I'm mailing out the form with LWO, Tobiano, and Red Factor. By the way, I saw your ad on the saleboard, that is a sharp looking colt.

Rick

 

[faithfarm]

I just got the results back and he is nT, nO, and Ee. So he is heterozygous for Tobiano, Frame and Black. As a plus, he has some Sabino roaning, so I should get a little color on his foals. His first foal, born 2 weeks ago, from a wildly marked Tobiano + Sabino is solid bay with about 10 white hairs on her forehead. I guess we can safely say that his dam was a pinto before she grayed.

 

[Songcatcher]

Congratulations! He is indeed beautiful.

 

[Cara]

wow what a great looking horse. i really like the eyes :bgrin

 

[faithfarm]

wow what a great looking horse. i really like the eyes :bgrin

We're a big fan of blue eyes, and the eyes were an indication that we needed to check for LWO. Now if I can just get him to give me some little ones colored like that.