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Is it possible the mare's mother was a black buckskin? Did you happen to notice the color of her eyes at birth? I had a foal that was a genetically impossible dun but after a DNA test was indeed a buckskin. Sometimes a parent horse is registered as the wrong color. A black buckskin...

Pregnant or not, check her topside for weight issues not the belly. A starved malnourished animal can have a big belly and sometimes a rather trim looking mare can be in foal. Your mare looks healthy and pregnant to me. I really believe being able to exercise and staying fit helps with...

Of course mutations are rare, I just mentioned that as a possibility. I said the laws of inheritance have not changed, identifying genotype based on outward appearance and "labeling" is the problem. I guess I've been privileged to see some really rare mutations in horses like brindle so I...

Some of the terms are different, true, but the laws of inheritance have not changed. Australia was a great testing ground for color inheritance and proved certain falsehoods observed to be true in the US, especially with sabino inheritance. The reason Australia is/was a good color inheritance...

There is a really wonderful book by Jeanette Gower, (Horse Color Explained). Brindles, composites, taffies and all kinds of rare colors are discussed in detail including the known laws of inheritance. It is very possible you have new mutation. It happens after all. Every now and then...