Post by Haley on Jan 12, 2010 15:41:39 GMT -6
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Silver Dapple: Silver dapple (also called taffy) is a dilution gene that only affects black pigment, but not red (chestnut) pigment. It acts by changing black pigment to a chocolaty color, and thus bays to a reddish, sometimes dappled color. (This dappling is unrelated to that caused by the grey gene.) While the legs are often only slightly affected by the silver dapple gene, the mane and tail change to a pale, flaxen color. Because of this, flaxen chestnuts are easily confused with silver dapple horses (and vice versa). This color is found primarily in Rocky Mountain Horses, other related gaited horses, Mustangs, and Shetland Ponies. Heterozygous is (nZ) and homozygous is (ZZ).
This is silver dapple on black. Note the diluted mane and tail. Some silver dapple blacks fade with sun exposure to a dappled chocolate or even greyish-brown shade. The latter is very common in Shetland Ponies.
This is Smooth As Silk, a Rocky Mountain horse owned by Fair Chance Stables exhibiting the dappled chocolate shade of silver black.
This is April Sunshine, a light silver dapple bay Rocky Mountain Horse owned by Overlook Stables.
This is Amaretto Blu, a darker silver dapple bay Morab. The manes and tails of silver dapple horses often darken as they age, but they generally do retain flaxen tips.
This is a silver dapple buckskin: black + agouti + cream + silver dapple.
This stunner is the aptly name Chocolate Roan, a roan silver dapple black RMH owned by Volz's Mountain Horses.
This is Classic's Shogun, a roan silver dapple bay RMH. He is also owned by Volz's Mountain Horses.
Silver Dapple: Silver dapple (also called taffy) is a dilution gene that only affects black pigment, but not red (chestnut) pigment. It acts by changing black pigment to a chocolaty color, and thus bays to a reddish, sometimes dappled color. (This dappling is unrelated to that caused by the grey gene.) While the legs are often only slightly affected by the silver dapple gene, the mane and tail change to a pale, flaxen color. Because of this, flaxen chestnuts are easily confused with silver dapple horses (and vice versa). This color is found primarily in Rocky Mountain Horses, other related gaited horses, Mustangs, and Shetland Ponies. Heterozygous is (nZ) and homozygous is (ZZ).
This is silver dapple on black. Note the diluted mane and tail. Some silver dapple blacks fade with sun exposure to a dappled chocolate or even greyish-brown shade. The latter is very common in Shetland Ponies.
This is Smooth As Silk, a Rocky Mountain horse owned by Fair Chance Stables exhibiting the dappled chocolate shade of silver black.
This is April Sunshine, a light silver dapple bay Rocky Mountain Horse owned by Overlook Stables.
This is Amaretto Blu, a darker silver dapple bay Morab. The manes and tails of silver dapple horses often darken as they age, but they generally do retain flaxen tips.
This is a silver dapple buckskin: black + agouti + cream + silver dapple.
This stunner is the aptly name Chocolate Roan, a roan silver dapple black RMH owned by Volz's Mountain Horses.
This is Classic's Shogun, a roan silver dapple bay RMH. He is also owned by Volz's Mountain Horses.