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Wow. 0.0 That is interesting. What happens if you reroll?

I know what you mean. ;)
He's really interesting as he is! Maybe it's a combination of the wild bay and the cream working in an interesting way. :P

It must have come from his dam. His sire is black under the champagne. His dam has so much dilution it's hard to tell, but I guess she's a wild bay under there. :P

I think the light mane and tail have something to due with Appaloosa colour shifting :). A few of mine look like chessies from my EE stud. It looks like all mine have either cream or dun, though, so maybe it has something to do with dilution genes acting with colour shifting?

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=339346
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=339347
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=339348
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=339354
Also bred this smokey grulla app (also grey, but I don't think it's affecting him yet) and he's pretty light. I thought he was Champagne when he was born, lol.
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=302995

I hear you about the dark buckskins, Sandy. But if I hadn't seen this guys color test I would have guessed he was some sort of weird red dun with the Appaloosa, certainly not a buckskin or bay! One of the things I love about this game is how much it keeps me guessing. I love the challenge of looking back at a horse' parents and grandparents and trying to decipher what genes it might carry.

Mama is ee (palomino under the champagne and roan.. pretty girl!) so she's hiding the wild bay. That is definitely the reason for the paler points, but I've noticed that some of the Sooty buckskins have that more uniform color (not black) to their manes lately. I've wondered too whether it's going to stay that way.

But maybe it is varnish/appaloosa doing that... a search of "buckskin" in a tattoo name and a scan of the horses shows that it's mainly appys who show that less-black mane. Take a look.

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/adv_search.php?status=any&ageg=&agel=7&agee=&erag=&eral=&erae=&f_basic=none&f_adv=none&tattoo=buckskin&f_limit=25&stallion=1&mare=1&gelding=1&spayedmare=1&name=&name_lm=like&color=&color_lm=like&bty=1&lined=lined&foundation=1&sire=&dam=&barn=&owner=&breeder=&e1=&e2=&a1=&a4=&a2=&a3=&f1=&f2=&p1=&p2=&s1=&s2=&s3=&c1=&c2=&c3=&d1=&d2=&g1=&g2=&ch1=&ch2=&z1=&z2=&sa2=&sa1=&kit1=&kit2=&kit3=&kit4=&kit5=&kit6=&kit7=&kit8=&kit9=&kit10=&sp1=&sp2=&sp3=&pax31=&pax32=&rb1=&rb2=&o1=&o2=&l1=&l2=&ice1=&icei=&ice2=&ice3=&ice4=&ice5=&ice6=&ice7=&ice8=&brindle1=1&brindle2=1&wf1=1&wf2=1&wf3=1&wf4=1&wf5=1&wf6=1

Some of the less-sooty buckskin apps even look red dun (roan, in this case):
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=312475

I really like the effect, personally... I have 2 foundation stallions that fall into this category. I also love the huge variation in buckskin colors.