Conference noted::equitation

1783.0. "question on color" by LUNER::DEPLANTE () Mon Aug 09 1993 11:54

    
    
    
    	2 weeks ago we had 2 sicilian burros drop 2 (one each) little
    	ones in our laps...one is a dark sable color and the other is
    	the first one i've seen with a black muzzel, pewter body, white
    	in the ears and 2 white dots above the hoof on the fetlock.
    
    	Can anyone tell me if they've ever seen this color in an
        equine  and what color they turned out to be?
    
        In any event, this is quite rare among the sicilian burros, as
    	is the sable...we've had 2 sables, this pewter one and a regular
        flavor out of the last 2 crops...we suspect is MAX (daddy) as
    	these colors are recessive - however that works! anyone know?
        Does mom and dad have to have the same gene to throw a different
        color?
    
        AND, they are the sweetest, indescribably cutest little
    	creatures you could imagine!
    
    				thanks for any suggestions, lora	
    
    

    
    I dont have an answer to your questiong (sorry) but I ran across
    a weird color last weekend at a show.  This horse looked like a
    dunn/chestnut color underneith.. then .. it looked like some one
    poard water down his neck and back becasue he was a black/dark
    bay on top (and it wasn't an even color that's why I use the
    water example... his black/dark bay was just kinda splattered on
    his body).. then .. to  top it off, he had a dunnish face and a 
    "BLACK BLAZE" (I have never seen a black blaze)
    
    
    he was neet!

    Could that weird color have been grulla? They have black head markings
    and a dark color on one side of the hair with lighter on the other
    side. Supposedly, some interaction between color genes restricts the black
    pigment to one side of the hair shaft.