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  1. Texas Fred

    I bred my black/white paint stallion (his off side is almost competely roan on the black spots) to my red dun sabino mare and the colt (at almost a year now) looks like he will be a red roan. Could this be possible?

  2. Capitol C Ranch

    yeah that’s possible. if one or both the parents have the roan gene, they could have passed it on to the colt. you could have them genetically tested for roan(requires a hair sample w/ roots)to see if they have the color gene. the colt could also be a minimal white sabino that appears roan.

  3. Paige

    Thanks for the information Capitol C Ranch! 🙂

  4. Draft Lassie

    The Strawberry roan is SO pretty!!! Redish colored roans are my FAVORITE. Dapple Grey and Red colored Roans are the BEST. ^^

    And drafts are luve. 🙂

  5. HorseWhispers

    The Strawberry roan is GORGEOUS! I also love the bay roan too 🙂 Nice job, Paige.

  6. Janet

    Hi,
    Thank you for the photos and info.

    I’m trying to write a blog about the appy I had, OMG, 35 years ago!

    Unfortunately, I don’t have any pics of her. I know that she was a roan, people told me she was strawberry, but now that I’m older and the internet is available, I don’t think strawberry suits her.

    My memory is that she was purple. I thought that she was the most awesome looking horse, unlike anyone else’s in the neighborhood.

    I grew up in Norco, CA, i.e. suburban ranches. LOL.

    Thank you for helping me with my education and reliving my youth.

    You are Joy!
    Joyfully,
    Janet

  7. Paige

    Hi Janet,

    She sounds pretty, I love that horses come in so many unique colors! The spotted horses have always been my favorite so it’s been fun to learn more about them. Perhaps she was a blue roan? Or maybe she had a dilution gene working on her coloring as well as the roan white pattern – grulla animals can have a purple tint.

    Here is another page with good info (& lots of pics) on roan horses Mustangs 4 Us. Good luck solving your color mystery, hope you’ll come back and let me know what you’ve discovered. 🙂

  8. Janet

    Paige,

    Thank you for getting back to me 🙂

    I had actually gone to the site you referred, prior to coming to yours :O

    I do agree with you, she was probably a blue roan. 😀

  9. Milana

    How can you tell from the look at the 8 month old foal if it’s a blue roan or grey? It has black main and tail, black legs and face, and grey body right now. The dam is grey, buy sire is red roan, thats what weird. Would foal have a red hair later? Or it will be a blue roan or grey?

  10. Lydia

    Milana – sounds like your foal will be a grey like its dam from what you’ve said, but hard to know until its a yearling or more usually. Although it could also be a roan (inheriting the roan gene separately from the sire) and the base colour could be from the dam, assuming she was dark grey originally.

    I wonder if anyone has any ideas regarding my delemma:

    I have been trying with limited success to work out what my little miniature is – colour-wise that is. He is white with white mane and tail, grey muzzle. Born white I believe – I got him at 5mths old and he was white then. He has since sired a “blue roan” (although I would say ‘black roan’) to a mare who doesn’t have any roaning herself (a silver black/chocolate dapple) – therefore he must be a roan. But white? His father looked identical and was called blue roan as well. I wonder if although he evidently carries a black base gene, going on his skin tones, that he may carry two creams? Is there such a thing as a double-cream roan? I know double creams with black bases exist, but am hesitant to put “classic cream champagne” or “smoky cream” to him with limited knowledge of his genetic background. He has also produced a beautiful creamy-taupe splashed foal to this mare, (not possible unless he has cream genes I believe).

    He has also produced a beautiful creamy-tobiano and a rich brown-tobiano. To a rich brown-tobiano mare.

  11. Miku

    Hello I have a 1 1/2 Thoroughbred gelding and I just cannot figure out what color he is. His original owners told me he was a roan but to me he looks like a rabicano. I have pics of him

    http://tinypic.com/r/2wrjk9j/6

    http://tinypic.com/r/2056wxv/6

  12. HorseWhispers

    Hey again, Paige. What happened to your previous photos? I loved them a lot.

  13. Paige

    Hi HorseWhispers,

    You can find the roan information (with pictures) on the roan page. I’ve been doing some updating. 🙂