It is widely agreed that a single copy of the cream allele located at the MATP locus dilutes the red horse to a palomino, and a bay to a buckskin. Yet, it is frequently debated whether it dilutes a black horse.
Bay horses is one of the most common horse colors out there. They have an unmistakable appearance; red body, black mane, tail and legs. However common they may be, and simple in appearance, the color is incredibly disputed on, when it comes to the genetics of it.
We all tend to like a beautiful chestnut horse with white scattered throughout in a common color called roan, don’t we? What are the odds of producing the strawberry roan mentioned above in a cross of a chestnut and a roan?
Frame overo is often greatly misunderstood, mostly because of a link with lethal white syndrome.
An overview of curbs and how they apply pressure.