Interesting Color

[NorCalDressage]

Is the Gulastra Plume what people also refer to as a “wild bay” or it this something different?

Is the silver expressed in the mane hairs as well, or only the tail?

I ask because I have one that is a bay - mostly black mane & tail, but with about 25% silver hairs in the tail - less in the mane. And her lower legs, especially when shaved have a silver black look. A full sister to the horse has a full silver tail & more silver in the mane than my mine.

I was told this was a “wild bay” coloring.

[JB]

GP and wild bay are entirely different.

The GP puts that silver into the tail. It’s not white - it’s silver. It may look white though. And, it’s from the bottom up, though may encompass the whole tail.

Wild bay is a further restriction of the black points, and can go as far as keeping the black down at the pasterns, and can even lighten the mane and tail.

White from the top down is Rabicano (assuming we’re not talking Tobiano).

Having the silver-black look to the lower legs may be due to Wild Bay.

[Fancy_That]

Wild Bays have a minimal amount of black, and it’s a “soft black”

As JB said.

A Wild Bay doesn’t really have “true black points”…it will only have smudges of black on the legs, and often, it’s a “light or soft black”.

I have also seen that many Wild Bays do have faded/lightish manes and tails, but nothing like what you see on the examples in my post earlier. Usually just some cream/light hairs in the mane and/or tail.

Here are some Wild Bays, and you can see what I mean by “soft black” and very minimal/low/smudgy points (lower legs)
http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/images_colors/baywild.JPG

This ones’ black wasn’t pushed down as low as the top horse, but you can see how soft it is. This horse also has cream hairs in the mane/tail and the light lower legs of course:
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk150/elaineshickman/Color/WildBay.jpg

Here’s a combination, very unusual horse. TESTED as bay:
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk150/elaineshickman/Color/hodaKhromeNBbyKhartoonKhlassic_bay_DW.jpg

• He’s a wild bay (see how smudgy, nearly-non-existant the black is on his front leg? And how it’s “soft”? It’s more of a grey/charcoal “smudge/hint” of black)
• He’s Dominant White which HEAVILY influenced his mane and tail (silver/flaxen)
• He’s a BABY, so the “baby flaxen” is also giving him a boost, and he still has the “baby influence” on his lower legs I think (not just wild bay making his points so light)

[QUOTE=NorCalDressage;5507463]
Is the Gulastra Plume what people also refer to as a “wild bay” or it this something different?

Is the silver expressed in the mane hairs as well, or only the tail?

I ask because I have one that is a bay - mostly black mane & tail, but with about 25% silver hairs in the tail - less in the mane. And her lower legs, especially when shaved have a silver black look. A full sister to the horse has a full silver tail & more silver in the mane than my mine.

I was told this was a “wild bay” coloring.[/QUOTE]

[Lawn_Ornament]

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[MunchkinsMom]

@Bugs-n-Frodo;5506912

Isn’t that the silver gene coming through?

That’s what I thought with my light bay gelding with pewter points (instead of black) and a very flaxen/silver tail, and silver hairs in his mane also.

First we had him tested to find out what color he really was for registration purposes, test came back as a bay.

Then I tested for both silver and cream genes, both came back negative.

So, I still don’t know what caused his unusual coloring, but I loved him for it.