Just need to know what color MAY be produced

[promise]

I was wondering what the color outcome may be for a sooty buckskin stallion (he had a sooty buckskin father and a bright yellow buckskin mother) and a black mare (had a sorrel mother not yet sure about father). I was looking into purchasing the mare, she has been exposed (all summer)to him and was just trying to figure out what the offspring may be.


thanks,


Promise

 

[Anne]

Hmmm let's see, I'm not an "expert" but the sooty buckskin carries a creme gene on "bay". (which is black with 'agouti")

The black mare could possibly carry a red gene recessively. So the best i can tell you is that you could get,

buckskin, bay, black, smoky black, or possibly sorrel (if both carry a red gene recessively), black is dominant so black shows and hides red if the horse has one red and one black.

or palomino with the stallion's creme gene and a red gene from both parents?

Someone else may be able to explain it better and they could correct me if I'm wrong.

And WELCOME!

Anne

 

[chandab]

Looks like Anne covered all the color bases for you. Just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you may get.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Crossing a Sooty Buckskin with a Black mare you will definitely get a foal- no doubt about it!! Welcome to the Forum