Comments on: Horse Color Genetics

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:40:08 +0000

I have a buckskin mare. Dam was palomino Sire is buckskin/white. I have a chocolate stallion that has a buckskin sire and a bay dam that I’m thinking about breeding her too. Any suggestions?

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:03:09 +0000

Hello: We recently purchased a Quarter Horse/Miniature Horse Cross mare who we have discovered is in foal to an Overo Palomino Paint Stallion. (Our mare is out of Pana Jade, a sorrel AQHA stallion, and a Section B all black mare.) The Stallion she was bred to is FR Designed On A Dime (His sire is a Sooty Palomino-Agouti a/a.) What color can be anticipate this baby being? Thank you for your help.

By: Lisa Covey

Lisa Covey — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:20:49 +0000

Lexie,

Thank you for your e-mail and to answer question your color possibilties are sorrel/chestnut, palomino, bay, brown, black, smoky black or buckskin.

Lisa Covey
Equine Color Specialist

By: Lexie B

Lexie B — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:58:32 +0000

I have a 7 year old mare quarter horse thats a sorrel color with a white star on her forehead. She is bred with a buck skin. Any chance the baby might come out buckskin?

By: Lisa Covey

Lisa Covey — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:46:35 +0000

Hello Faren,

Thank you for your e-mail and to answer your question your possibilities are black, brown, bay, buckskin or smoky black. Breeding to the homozygous black you will never get a red horse(sorrel/chestnut, palomino or cremello) he will alway pass on one copy of the black gene.

Lisa Covey or Debbie Black
Equine Color Specialist

By: faren

faren — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:16:22 +0000

Hello, i have a palomino mare that is bred to a homozygous black stud. Any thoughts on a color? Just curious. thanks

By: kristen Aschinger

kristen Aschinger — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:25:38 +0000

I have a Red dun mare that was breed to a black and white tobiano any idea what the foal color might be?

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:24:05 +0000

Hi I have a Red Dun Mare that was breed to a black and white tobiano stallion any ides what color I could possible get?

By: Holley Theiler

Holley Theiler — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:35:23 +0000

I have a tri color (red, white and black) paint Tennessee Walker mare that is bred by a palomino Quarter Horse stallion. Any ideas what color foal I may get.?

By: Carsyn Knotts

Carsyn Knotts — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:32:45 +0000

I have a Dunn Paint mare that i want to breed and i was wondering what color of horse to breed her to that will make a beautiful foal. We want a Quarter Horse to be our stud. Thanks!

By: Lisa Covey

Lisa Covey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:19:35 +0000

Becky,

Thank you for e-mail and to answer your question your choices would be to breed to a buckskin or perlino stallion. Keep in mind the genetics on a chestnut are red, so you would need to breed to a horse that carries a creme gene and a black gene (buckskin/perlino).

Debbie Black or Lisa Covey
Equine Color Specialist

By: Becki

Becki — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:43:29 +0000

Her dam is a chestnut/white tobiano mare (no black, JUST chestnut & white) and her sire is a Palomino stallion with knee high stockings on all 4 legs.