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Inquire About Your Horse or Foal's
Color
I now charge $3 to give an opinion on horse or foal color.
This is strictly to
reduce the number of requests I receive, and is not an attempt to
make money.
Before charging this small
donation fee, I was scrambling to answer (for free) color questions
for
2 hours daily.
Now, it's less than an hour a week, so I can spend time with family, career,
and our horses.
Do not proceed if you are
unwilling to show your serious interest by donating three dollars for my
time spent answering your color request.
Please read the following before
you fill in the form. These bits of knowledge can solve many questions:
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A foal can not be grullo or dun if one of the parents did
not carry the dun factor gene. So for example, a foal from a bay mare and a
black stallion can not be a grullo. |
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A foal can not be roan if one of the parents did not carry
the roan gene. So for example, a foal from a bay mare and a black stallion
can not be a blue roan. |
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Buckskin and black foals often look grullo at birth. I
can
tell you my opinion on your foal's color. Please be objective.
:-)
We have had
many grullo foals, and can "usually" spot grullos and look-alikes if given
good photos. |
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If you think your horse is grullo, try taking
the short quiz here (opens in a new window).
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If you think your horse is blue roan, try taking
the short quiz here (opens in a new window).
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Special requests/notes:
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Please check
this page (opens in a new
window) before requesting help. Possibly, one of these foal photos will
help you determine your foal's color. |
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I will need to look at photos. The views listed below are the best
to help us evaluate, but others will often work. |
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Please don't call on the phone and request a call back. Photos via e-mail are usually essential anyway, so
e-mail or use of this form is the best method for us to communicate
anyway. And, we get too many requests for me to return every phone call.
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My replies might be lengthy or
very brief, depending upon how easy it is to tell the color. :-)
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Genetic Testing:
Note that genetic testing is the best way to
be sure of some colors. We can evaluate colors on a horse's pedigree and
photos, but some horses are tricky and genetic testing (especially for
Agouti) are often the only way to be sure. Tests usually run $25 to $50
each.
www.petdnaservicesaz.com ●
http://www.horsetesting.com/index.htm
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www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/service/horse/coatcolor.html
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