![]() Health issues associated with the Silver gene On the other side of the Atlantic, it is also found in the Rocky Mountain Horse, Morgan Horse, American Paint Horse, Quarter Horse, American Saddlebred, American Miniature Horse, Peruvian Paso, and others. Sporadically it can be found in Welsh ponies, Swedish warmbloods and Arabians. This dilution is also present in the Norwegian Nordland pony, Shetland Pony, Welsh Mountain Pony, Finnhorse, and Ardennes. So this means that the Silver mutation was already existing in other breeds before the colonization of Iceland. This means that for over a thousand years, the Icelandic horse has been kept in complete isolation. Since 982 AD, the importation of any other horse breeds into Iceland was prohibited. The very first members of the Icelandic horse breed arrived aboard the Viking ships sometime between 860 and 935 AD. But is highly desirable and is growing in some breeds. The silver color remains relatively rare in the general horse population. Horse Breeds That Can Have The Silver Coat Color? Equine Silver Gene Dilution Effect (Animation) However, we use this name to designate a chestnut horse that carries a Silver gene, which goes unnoticed until they have an unexpected Silver foal or a genetic test is done to detect it. Silver Chestnut HorseĪ Silver Chestnut horse coat color is not technically a color because the Silver gene does not affect the red pigment of the chestnut horse (or the effect is so subtle that it is not clearly visible). Also, the color of the lower part of the legs of the flaxen chestnut has a red or whitish color, while in the Silver Bay, it fluctuates from light to dark brown. But the roots of the mane and tail are dark, contrary to the lighter ones of the flaxen chestnut. Silver Bay horses can be mistaken for flaxen chestnuts or sooty palominos. The hair around the eyes and muzzle can also be silver. The legs can be diluted to a brownish-grey, mottled with whitish or silver hair. The mane and tail are lightened to a white or sooty silver color. ![]() But if the bay coat is dark, then it may show some dilution, and the presence of small amounts of silver gives them a chocolate appearance. The Silver Bay horses retain their reddish body color because the gene does not act on red pigment. ![]() Silver Bay Horse (Red Chocolate)Ī Silver Bay horse coat color is the result of the Silver dilution on a bay coat. But the roots of the mane and tail are dark, contrary to the lighter ones of the flaxen manes and tails. ![]() Silver black horses can be mistaken for flaxen liver chestnuts or very sooty palominos. Silver Blacks without dapples are called Chocolate Silver. The mane and tail can vary from white to a sooty silver. The shade of the body can range from creamy chocolate all the way to a chocolate brown or deep grey and often has dapples (rings of lighter hair). Silver Black Horse (Silver dapple or Chocolate)Ī Silver Black horse coat color is the result of the Silver dilution on a black coat. Horses with the silver diluted coat are called black silver and bay silver, with the base color coat being black and bay respectively. The shade of a silver horse varies with the underlying base coat color. Silver dilution on the 3 base coat colors
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