Roc On & colour

wrighty wrote:

If one wanted to learn more about genetics, and colours what would be a good place to start... eg good books etc..??

I was at a Horse SA workshop extravaganza a few years ago when Jeanette Gower was promoting her book. She did a great job, and kept her cool even when a colleague and I (we were both there by co-incidence, not design) got a bit carried away with playing with her bits of coloured card and tried combinations that were a bit more than she intended.

However, I haven't read the book and have no idea whether it goes into all the colours that seem to have been invented in recent (relatively) years.

Back in my day only ponies were black and white or brown and white, and they were piebald or skewbald. I could go on, but lunch calls

Amy wrote:

wikid !!! dad says MAYB. i will get 2 put her 2 Roc !!! cuz Dad wanted 2 put her 2 a thoroughbred stallion an get a racehorse bt its gonna cost 2 much rite nw so he sed mayb i cud get a foal outa her 1st !!! 1/2 QH an 1/2 TB !!

Dear Amy

Sadly, 'getting a racehorse' isn't quite as simple as putting a TB mare to a TB stallion (just ask how many of us have 'failed' racers at home).

Also, the stud fee is just the beginning of a potential money pit. Worst case scenario is that you could end up with massive vet bills, no foal and a dead mare.

May I ask why you want to breed your mare?

Caroline

Craig wrote:

One or the other! lol need more generations of pedigree colour to say...even then chestnut can stay hidden.....for MANY generations...look at CB's 400 odd years and the odd chestnut purebred still pops up once in a blue moon!

Friesians too!

Horse Colour Explained covers - chestnut, black, bay, dun, buckskin, palomino, overo, tobiano, sabino, appaloosa (all patterns), taffy (aka silver) and champagne. Don't think anything was mentioned about Pearl which I think is a new one. That's what I can remember from off the top of my head lol.

I like it, got some gorgeous photos

Ahhhhhhhhh CarolineP, Amys dad has had racehorses all his adult life and has a lot to do with them He has one that has just recently retired from racing I think.... Amy will be able to tell you exactly....

Horse Colour Explained is a pretty good book... which reminds me, I have to order another copy of it as we gave our copy to my inlaws.

Dear Amy

Sadly, 'getting a racehorse' isn't quite as simple as putting a TB mare to a TB stallion (just ask how many of us have 'failed' racers at home).

Also, the stud fee is just the beginning of a potential money pit. Worst case scenario is that you could end up with massive vet bills, no foal and a dead mare.

May I ask why you want to breed your mare?

Caroline


Yea i no dad has bred racehorses before an a few ponies aswell,, he also trained most of them aswell.... an i want 2 breed her 2 Roc On an keep the foal for myself ! then Dad an i would mayb train it ,, if not then i would find some1 around here to train it .. yea the mare i want to breed is a retired racehorse , her name is Quilino Rose bt i jst call her Rose ! an shes a 9 y.o an she has the best temp,, shes like a dog , jst follows u all round the paddock. although she can b a bit flighty sometimes ! i jst thought she would b a gd cross wiv Roc !

Amy wrote:

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yea the mare i want to breed is a retired racehorse , her name is Quilino Rose bt i jst call her Rose ! an shes a 9 y.o an she has the best temp,, shes like a dog , jst follows u all round the paddock. although she can b a bit flighty sometimes ! i jst thought she would b a gd cross wiv Roc !

Good luck with whatever you and your Dad decide to do Amy.

Caroline

Thanx heaps Caroline

wow... your typing gives me a headache.

ho,, me??

sos its jst a habbit !!

Amy wrote:

ho,, me??

sos its jst a habbit !!

SOS indeed

xx

lol,,
Ill try 2 make it a bit more understandable !!

Carolinep wrote:

Amy wrote:

ho,, me??

sos its jst a habbit !!

SOS indeed

xx