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See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page. The silver dapple gene, also known as the "Z" gene, dilutes the black base on a horse. It will typically dilute a black mane and tail to flaxen, and a black body to a shade of brown or chocolate. Red based horses, such as chestnut, palomino, and cremello, may carry the silver dapple gene, and are capable of passing it on to their offspring, but will not express the gene in their own body color. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ...
Palomino is a coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white or flaxen mane and tail. ...
Cremello is a color of horse consisting of a cream-colored body with a cream mane and tail. ...
The lower legs of a silver dapple horse tend to be incompletely diluted. The black lower leg is usually able to be distinguished when the silver dapple gene is present on a bay base, but the coloring is less-defined. However, one must not confuse the silver dapple gene with the gray or smutty genes, which may produce a similar coloration except the black of the lower leg will continue up past the knee and hock, onto the flanks or shoulders.
Breeding combinations
- Black + Silver: Black Silver (Chocolate dapple coat, mane and tail are flaxen/white)
- Chestnut + Silver: Red Silver (Hidden silver gene, gene is not expressed)
- Bay + Silver: Bay Silver: Chestnut coat, chocolate points with flaxen/white mane and tail)
Breeds affected Many breeds do not carry the silver dapple gene. Silve dapple is seen in Shetlands, Icelandics, Morgans, Missouri Foxtrotters and Tenneesse Walking Horses , but the most common breed is probably the Rocky Mountain Horse, in which silver dapple is a very popular and common color. A Shetland pony with its thick winter coat A Shetland with the winter coat beginning to shed Shetland ponies, also known as shelts, are small (about one meter from the ground to wither) but strong for their size. ...
The Tennessee Walker, otherwise known as the Tennessee Walking Horse, Plantation Horse, and other variations upon these themes, is a singularly tractable and comfortable riding horse. ...
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