[GizaTheCat]

I am very new to horses and my husband and I board his sister's horse and foal on our property. The mamma horse is a dun factor horse with "Siamese cat type coloring". I said I'm new. I'm a cat person. I've seen the pedigrees of both the mom and dad horses and there is only one palomino colored horse in the little guy's ancestry. I was present for the colt's birth and video taped the entire labor and delivery right up to the little guy's first steps......all in the space of about an hour!

Baby Spirit was born a lovely "pink champage or taupe color with a white blaze and one white sock. His mane and tail were almost the same as his body color. For the first month he was a beautiful blond little horse. His coat color is changing to a medium brown around his eyes! He looks like he's got two black eyes now, but the darker brown is spreading on his face. On his rump his coat color is also changing to a medium-dark brown with big BLACK SPOTS! Black spots are also developing on his lower back. On his belly and under his front legs his hair is growing dark and medium brown splotches. The base of his mane is somewhat darker than the ends of his mane. His tail is still quite "blond".

The only palomino colored QH in his ancestry is six or seven generations back. Both his parents are "Siamese cat" colored dun factor horses and there are several dun horses in his ancestry. His ancestry includes horses of all colors. His ancestors are all Quarter Horses of no particular "bloodlines". Pretty much backyard bred horses.

I already knew some horses can change coat color, but a palomino with black spots on his rump? He is two and a half months old.

Just what kind of horse is he? Other than very cute and people friendly. He's like a puppy with hooves - he's that friendly. I brush heck out of him almost every day, and he'll follow me if I quit.

If any of you have photos of similarly marked horses, please pass them along.

Thank you.

[bayou1988]

he is shedding out. the blond color may not be his real color give i few min and i can show another example of what it sounds like he is doing

[bayou1988]

here a filly(08 Sari) started out with lighter cream colored fur and then went completely white (gray)

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww99/ba...ie/DSC06025.jpg

here example two(08 Sobrina Del Rey) he starts this color




then turns this color with in a few months

he was getting darker last i saw him
hope this helps

[moneymarket]

Either A. he's changing color, B. he's growing his winter coat and usually a horse's winter coat is a different shade than the summer coat, or C. he's going to end up a chocolate palomino.

A. He could be changing color entirely. A lot of foals are born a different color than what they will grow up to be. For example, gray horses are never, ever born gray. They are typically born bay or chestnut, and over the next few years will turn gray with each change of season.

B. He could just be getting his thicker, winter coat. Many horses will have a lighter coat in the summer, and in the winter they will get much darker. For example, my horse is a very light blonde bay in the summer, with stripes on his withers that litterally look yellowish. However, in the winter time, he is almost black.

C. He could be turning into a chocolate palomino. Here are some picture examples. I'd have to say it's one of my favorite coat colors, and the "spots" you are seeing could be dapples.

[Anti-Silence]

Well, unfortunately, if a horse doesn't have a parent with a cream gene, they cannot have a cream gene. Unless multiple horses in that pedigree were incorrecly registered as dun rather than buckskin, this little guy can't be a palomino. What colour are his mane and tail? He's likely a chestnut (they come in all different shades) and his true final colour won't show until his yearling spring shed.