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Fifty Shades of Buckskin *an unintentional breeding goal*
  • After getting three very lovely buckskin foals in a row while breeding some of my mares today I decided to go through my barns and see just how many buckskin horses I had managed to breed. I was completely surprised to discover that with the three I bred today I have amassed just over 50 buckskins! It occured to me that I had, unintentionally, become a buckskin breeder hahaha.

    I breed for Sooty, DP, W10, Pearl, Snowflake and height in my drafts, I also have a KP draft line and a very small satin WB line on the side with a small smattering of KitM scattered throughout. I have never intentionally bred for buckskin coloured horses but it seems I have the right ingredients to keep producing them without ever truly noticing I was doing it until now. Has anyone else ‘accidentally’ bred for a certain trait or colour without really trying?

    Just for fun I’ve linked a handful of my buckskin horses below, they have managed to make themselves known in every single one of my breeding projects. Every horse below is a tested buckskin and yet the variety in colour and shade is quite astounding. I’d love to see anyone elses unintentional breeding projects too!

    Here is a sample of my buckskin band:


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    SA Sooty Cat 2G


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    SA Phantastic


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    SA Festivus 2G


    Pearl Buckskin:

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    SA Millionaire 2G het snf


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    Foxy HetKP 2G


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    Satin Buckskin:

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    SA North Harvest U


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    SA Nymeria 3G


    This fellow is 18hh!

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    SA Cheetah 4G hetsnf


    Buckskin and KP:

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    SA Sneak 3Gp KP


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    SA TNT 2Gu


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    SA Million Lions snf 4G


    I have never really seen this shade of buckskin before and I really adore it:

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    SA Lady Luck 5G SNF


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    SA SnowJoke 5G SNF


    This little guy is last but def not least, one of the most beautiful foals i’ve ever bred, his pedigree could be better but i think he is completely perfect:

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    SA The Engineer 5G

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  • Wow! Beautiful horses.
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  • very nice bunch :) Snowjoke looks Dp to me.

    Even though Im definitely not breeding for tobiano , I too have more than I expect lol,
    ID #21047
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  • I try to breed for Sable so buckskin just come from those crosses a lot also. :) Very pretty bucks! :x
    Breeder of Quality Warmbloods and Show Horses
    Lover of Brindles, Blacks, Buckskins, Blue Roan's, Bays, Grey's and SABLES! And addicted to Ice, Pearl and the color Purple.. :P
    #28600
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  • Very pretty! I breed for sooty, brown based buckskin so quite a few of your examples show up in my herd. I love buckskin and the great variety it produces.
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  • I don't breed for it either, but I also have an unintended herd of them! A few of mine:

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    PFR Goliath

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    PFR Sooty Buck II

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    PFR Bayards New Day

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    PFR Beacon Hill G3

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    PFR First Frost SH
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  • Neat! Thanks for sharing! Regarding your little snowflake draft with the unique shade, I got a cherry drop buckskin that is really similar and I remember thinking I had never seen one that color until seeing yours just now!
    BREEDING DARKNESS (ok black liver but it sounds cooler)
    And Silver Blue Pearls
    Focusing on Sooty Plus, Sb2, W3 and W10
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  • I really like the last one on your list @pfrsue the white blanket on the rump is adorable haha!

    @duelinghawks it’s such an odd shade! It reminds me a bit of milk chocolate in colour

    Thank you everyone for your lovely comments I love hearing about what other people breed for and seeing all the different shades in a colour :D
  • I too am an inadvertent buckskin breeder with 172 of them in my herd (just under 15%). About 100 of them are buckskin Duns!
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    Heartbroken she got snipped...I love my DP and this is the darkest buckskin I've bred
    BREEDING DARKNESS (ok black liver but it sounds cooler)
    And Silver Blue Pearls
    Focusing on Sooty Plus, Sb2, W3 and W10
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  • Such a shame! She is so pretty!
  • It's not just me, then‽

    I don't breed for color. I look at color only to minimize any chance of lethal combinations. On rare occasions, if I'm choosing a pairing and all else is equal, I might consider color, but it's very rare.
    It took a few seasons to realize that the game decided I breed for dun. Tobiano dun in particular, and short-ish tobiano dun.

    Personally I would rather have taller horses overall, but 12+ PT is more important than 16+ height, so short pinto duns it is!

    This lad is actually a nice height, but otherwise typical of the direction the game has chosen for my herd.

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    5 Walking Man
    More power!
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