targetsmom
Well-Known Member
Congrats on your healthy filly! There is a test now for gray, so if you really want to know I suggest getting her tested. Or just wait.
The mare could be carrying silver as grays can be any color before they turn gray. Gray is a modifier, not a color. For example, our gray mare is genetically a silver bay frame overo (LWO+) and homozygous for black. Her 2009 colt (see photos of them both in my avatar) is also silver bay and carries frame (LWO+) and tobiano patterns plus the gray gene. While the mare was white by the time her first registration photos were taken (i.e. around weaning), her foal is still gray and white at 10 months. I had heard that the silver gene makes them turn gray faster, but clearly the rate of going gray can differ even with the silver gene present.
The mare could be carrying silver as grays can be any color before they turn gray. Gray is a modifier, not a color. For example, our gray mare is genetically a silver bay frame overo (LWO+) and homozygous for black. Her 2009 colt (see photos of them both in my avatar) is also silver bay and carries frame (LWO+) and tobiano patterns plus the gray gene. While the mare was white by the time her first registration photos were taken (i.e. around weaning), her foal is still gray and white at 10 months. I had heard that the silver gene makes them turn gray faster, but clearly the rate of going gray can differ even with the silver gene present.
