We have a Boy so far for 2008!

What a face and wearing a halter already! So the girls are out numbered..
Do you think his tail will be flaxen?

Congrats on the big guy.

Ok, what design can anyone find in his white strip?

Thanks ssfarm.... hope he doesn't sell prior to seeing him in the ring.....

Yes on the halter.... All my babies have a halter on at 2 days old (on and off) .... this guy is a few wks old in this photo. They are all handled daily on setup, brushing, clippers... I am big on imprinting.

His mom's tall has alittle flaxen.... sure hope he gets her butt!

Triple J Quarter Horses wrote:

What a face and wearing a halter already! So the girls are out numbered..
Do you think his tail will be flaxen?

Lots of "reds" have that "white border" to their tails... However people think its linked to "pangare"... A rough name they have come up with for it. Supposedly it adds the lighter colored muzzle and flank area as well.

To have a flaxen foal, 2 flaxen carrying parents have to bred together.


He sure is a beaut! Lookin back at you like "why you takin a pic of my butt?" hehe, adorable!

SSFarm2 wrote:

Ok, what design can anyone find in his white strip?

The grinch?

Congratulations on the new foal, he's a nice one.

Congrats,what a butt for a baby

Merikle Waters wrote:

Triple J Quarter Horses wrote:

What a face and wearing a halter already! So the girls are out numbered..
Do you think his tail will be flaxen?

Lots of "reds" have that "white border" to their tails... However people think its linked to "pangare"... A rough name they have come up with for it. Supposedly it adds the lighter colored muzzle and flank area as well.

To have a flaxen foal, 2 flaxen carrying parents have to bred together.


He sure is a beaut! Lookin back at you like "why you takin a pic of my butt?" hehe, adorable!

Yes I know, But if he is out of a Palomino, They have more of a chance of keeping it.

Nice baby.. YEA.. Seems to be the year of the colts. My friend has about five of them so far..

CONGRATS!!! He's so darn cute.

Just a Note, this boy is not out of our Palomino... he's out of a Bay stallion.
All our sorrel/chestnut babies start with that white outline in their tails... 99% of the time it grows out with age, tho in this case this mare still has the flaxen in her mane and tail underneath.

I never really thought about the genetics of a flaxen mane and tail, but I bought a weanling breeding stock paint filly that was out of a sorrel mare and by a bay tobi stud. She was sorrel, but had a mane and tail that looked like barbie doll hair. It was that white. Also, I bred a sorrel mare (no flaxen) to a dun stud and had a sorrel with a flaxen mane. Hmmm.

Denise

denibun wrote:

I never really thought about the genetics of a flaxen mane and tail, but I bought a weanling breeding stock paint filly that was out of a sorrel mare and by a bay tobi stud. She was sorrel, but had a mane and tail that looked like barbie doll hair. It was that white. Also, I bred a sorrel mare (no flaxen) to a dun stud and had a sorrel with a flaxen mane. Hmmm.

Denise

I had a sorrel out of a bay and sorrel, with a flaxen mane and tail. The owners of the bay, said he produced that alot.. I thought where in the world did that come from?

I have one more to go, IM THINKING REALLY HARD.. FILLY FILLY FILLY! Sending Mind waves her way!

I wanted a bay filly too
but this guy is so sweet, my last bay filly was a crank pot!

Triple J Quarter Horses wrote:

Merikle Waters wrote:

Triple J Quarter Horses wrote:

What a face and wearing a halter already! So the girls are out numbered..
Do you think his tail will be flaxen?

Lots of "reds" have that "white border" to their tails... However people think its linked to "pangare"... A rough name they have come up with for it. Supposedly it adds the lighter colored muzzle and flank area as well.

To have a flaxen foal, 2 flaxen carrying parents have to bred together.


He sure is a beaut! Lookin back at you like "why you takin a pic of my butt?" hehe, adorable!

Yes I know, But if he is out of a Palomino, They have more of a chance of keeping it.

Creme, Pangare and flaxen are totally different genes/modifiers. Being by a palomino makes no difference, as if he had creme, he'd be palomino. Pangare can show up regardless if mom or dad is palomino, or has a creme gene. Some black horses are even saw as bays, when technically they aren't, as they don't carry Agouti... its simply pangare at work.

denibun wrote:

I never really thought about the genetics of a flaxen mane and tail, but I bought a weanling breeding stock paint filly that was out of a sorrel mare and by a bay tobi stud. She was sorrel, but had a mane and tail that looked like barbie doll hair. It was that white. Also, I bred a sorrel mare (no flaxen) to a dun stud and had a sorrel with a flaxen mane. Hmmm.

Denise

could have been a red dun... they have that light, beautiful color to their manes often. But there is also many other genes not able to be figured out yet, so they dont have a name... A true flaxen has to carry 2 flaxen modifiers to be flaxen. Doesn't mean they can't carry it though. Just would need another partner to carry it as well, and bam- flaxen.


i dont even know if my mare has flaxen, just know she's not a silver bay lol... she sure looks flaxen tho.