horses with unique coloring/facial markings

[Mylute]

Sir Argento (Race Day - Packed Powder, by The White Fox) is currently racing at Emerald Downs in Washington. He has run thrice, finishing third in his second start. He was ninth in his last race on June 1 (pictured below).
https://www.instagram.com/p/C70YSLxxowb ... h2MDRjcQ==

He was originally named "Also Known as Dude." He sold for $60K as a yearling.

He comes from the famous White Beauty family of Patchen Wilkes, through his damsire.

[stelladaniella]

McKinzie - Enamored colt has been named Nuk Soo Kow - he has a bald face, high socks and a half white, half black tail.

He's working at Belmont.
https://obscatalog.com/2024/136/1188w.mp4?v=1713736663

[BaroqueAgain1]

"McKinzie - Enamored colt..."

Is he a bit over at the knee in front?

[Mylute]

Here's an OTTB that popped up as an Equine Now ad when I was looking at PQ.

Red Toad Road (Denis of Cork - Blaine's Song, by Regal Affair) b.2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20240610130 ... ad-1541211

Raced 8 times, never won or placed. West Virginia bred. La Troienne is very far back on his mom's side along with horses I'd not heard of before.

He's a very pale chestnut they are describing in the ad as a "sorrel" with a dorsal stripe. Maybe not super unique but I archived the ad here for viewing anyway.

[BaroqueAgain1]

That coloring, with a dorsal stripe? If he weren't a TB, I believe he could called a red dun.

[Retrospectiv]

Just a light chestnut with nd1 (non dun 1)
Actually looks like he may been clipped at some point
Nd1 is quite common in TBs - it causes dorsals and sometimes primitive markings but not the dilution of true dun

[tachyon]

Buchiko(JPN)(King Kamehameha x Shirayukihime) gave birth to another white foal this year, a filly(JPN) by New Year’s Day(USA).

[Gemini]

Here's an OTTB that popped up as an Equine Now ad when I was looking at PQ.

Red Toad Road (Denis of Cork - Blaine's Song, by Regal Affair) b.2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20240610130 ... ad-1541211

Raced 8 times, never won or placed. West Virginia bred. La Troienne is very far back on his mom's side along with horses I'd not heard of before.

He's a very pale chestnut they are describing in the ad as a "sorrel" with a dorsal stripe. Maybe not super unique but I archived the ad here for viewing anyway.

That poor horse needs a good farrier more than a color classification. The seller must be smoking something to ask $12,500.

[Eohippus]

Here's an OTTB that popped up as an Equine Now ad when I was looking at PQ.

Red Toad Road (Denis of Cork - Blaine's Song, by Regal Affair) b.2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20240610130 ... ad-1541211

Raced 8 times, never won or placed. West Virginia bred. La Troienne is very far back on his mom's side along with horses I'd not heard of before.

He's a very pale chestnut they are describing in the ad as a "sorrel" with a dorsal stripe. Maybe not super unique but I archived the ad here for viewing anyway.

That poor horse needs a good farrier more than a color classification. The seller must be smoking something to ask $12,500.

Almost looks like he has a club foot

[TwilightTear]

I will admit I know very little about colors or genetics or how horses are registered. Bedtime Story, who won the G1 Chesham at Ascot by a huge margin, is listed as "gray or bay" by the Bloodhorse and by the Racing Post (she's listed there as gb f). Is that a way of saying she is a roan?

[Retrospectiv]

I will admit I know very little about colors or genetics or how horses are registered. Bedtime Story, who won the G1 Chesham at Ascot by a huge margin, is listed as "gray or bay" by the Bloodhorse and by the Racing Post (she's listed there as gb f). Is that a way of saying she is a roan?

She's grey.
Most North American greys get registered as grey/roan, but they are all grey. Actual roan does not exist in the TB breed, but for about 5 horses from one mutated line in one place in the world.

All greys start out as a normal base colour - bay, black, chestnut, buckskin, dun etc. Grey is a pigment disease that causes the pigment producing cells to overproduce pigment and eventually burn out.

Bedtime Story is likely bay going grey but I've not seen them registered as both before. Perhaps they were unsure at the time she was registered if she'd inherited the grey gene or not. It's usually pretty obvious tough.

[Flanders]

I will admit I know very little about colors or genetics or how horses are registered. Bedtime Story, who won the G1 Chesham at Ascot by a huge margin, is listed as "gray or bay" by the Bloodhorse and by the Racing Post (she's listed there as gb f). Is that a way of saying she is a roan?

She's grey.
Most North American greys get registered as grey/roan, but they are all grey. Actual roan does not exist in the TB breed, but for about 5 horses from one mutated line in one place in the world.

All greys start out as a normal base colour - bay, black, chestnut, buckskin, dun etc. Grey is a pigment disease that causes the pigment producing cells to overproduce pigment and eventually burn out.

Bedtime Story is likely bay going grey but I've not seen them registered as both before. Perhaps they were unsure at the time she was registered if she'd inherited the grey gene or not. It's usually pretty obvious tough.

I've only seen that with Wetherbys (British/Irish stud book) and less times than I could count on one hand. They have a rule that says : If there is doubt as to the colour to be assigned to the horse, one of the recognised colours must be declared on the identification document and an appropriate comment may be entered in the narrative.

So I guess they weren't sure and said, well she is either grey or bay. But they put grey first cause that is what they felt she was?

[Flanders]

Penny Royal, 3yo f (Curlin - Glinda The Good, by Hard Spun) full to Good Magic. She has a patch of white spots on her neck.

https://x.com/TwinSpires/status/1803541244838289653

[HB1994]

Damysus has been entered to run at Doncaster on 28 June.

Hip 456 (Frankel x Legerete by Rahy) is also quite flashy
https://www.tattersalls.com/sales/octob ... 3/Main/456

He has been named DAMYSUS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damysus_(Giant)

[CoronadosQuest]

Not sure if it was posted yet, or who the parents are, but this showed up on my FB feed

Grassroots Training and Sales
I think Grassroots might get the "Most unusual markings" award from The Jockey Club this year!

[stelladaniella]

Not sure if it was posted yet, or who the parents are, but this showed up on my FB feed

Grassroots Training and Sales
I think Grassroots might get the "Most unusual markings" award from The Jockey Club this year!

It looks like he or she stepped with his right leg into really deep mud and changed his mind and said "nvm". Adorable.

[Flanders]

2023 white colt (Maurice - Marble Cake, King Kamehameha)
sold for $1.75m at the JHRA Select Yearling Sale

https://x.com/LongBallToNoOne/status/18 ... 6658149552

[BaroqueAgain1]

Nice-looking yearling. Japan manages to breed white TBs that are still well-conformed horses, something with which US breeders seem to struggle.
I notice that boy was making sure prospective buyers got a chance to examine all of his...ahem...anatomy.

[mahubah]

2023 white colt (Maurice - Marble Cake, King Kamehameha)
sold for $1.75m at the JHRA Select Yearling Sale

https://x.com/LongBallToNoOne/status/18 ... 6658149552

Ahhhh ... same family as champion Sodashi. Obviously, his pedigree didn't hurt him.

[Starine]

2023 white colt (Maurice - Marble Cake, King Kamehameha)
sold for $1.75m at the JHRA Select Yearling Sale

https://x.com/LongBallToNoOne/status/18 ... 6658149552

Goes to Susumu Fujita, the owner of Forever Young.

"As it has been one of my dreams to add a white horse in my string, I am very happy to buy this colt," Fujita said. "And this colt is from a very successful Japanese family. I hope he runs well and becomes a popular horse, which racing fans like to support."

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... a-yearling