Just another congratulations to the winners of my competition yesterday. Congratulations Trisha Rimwood, Rachel Miller, Hillary Brown and Lily Scott!
You guys really did a great job at naming skewbalds. It really inspired me, but sadly I think this new horse will come with a name :(
This post is focusing on Roans. Roans are like a mixture of hairs. I find it hard to explain, so I'm letting Wikipedia explain it instead.
Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane and tail—are more solid-colored. The roan pattern is dominantly-inherited, and is found in many horse breeds. While the specific mutation responsible for roan has not been exactly identified, a DNA test can determine zygosity for roan in several breeds. True roan is always present at birth, though it may be hard to see until after the foal coat sheds out. The coat may lighten or darken from winter to summer, but unlike the gray coat color, which also begins with intermixed white and colored hairs, roans do not become progressively lighter in color as they age.
I'm really sorry that was so complicated. If you really want to know what the blue roan colouring
is in a shorter, really less complicated explanation, here it is. The Blue roan horse has a black coat with white hairs and a blue tinge.
Strawberry Roan Ponies
Strawberry roan ponies are chestnut with white hairs.
Red roan ponies!
Red roan horses are a mixture of red and white hairs.
Silver roan ponies
IT'S COMPETITION TIME!
You see the piece I did on roans?
You see the super short explanations?
The pics?
I want YOU to name roans!
Pick a roan colour and pick two names!
One name for a gelding,
a name for a mare for each roan colour.
There's gonna be 2 winners for each roan.
You have a choice of
2 Strawberry Roans
2 Red Roans
2 Blue Roans
2 Silver Roans
Good luck!
Due:
Next blog: tomorrow
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