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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] appys - heidiI agree with you wholeheartedly that mixing appy & grey is an odd thing to do (and I LOVE greys), but I've always wondered why this aversion to how grey changes the visibility of the markings is viewed so differently than how the progressive appy roan changes whether the markings are visible or not? Is it because appy roan is an appy-only trait, whereas grey is not? Just curious. I suspect it is because the "Appy roan" trait does not take away the markings altogether, whereas the grey does. (So while the Appy registry does not disallow grey, they do strongly advise against using grey parents when crossing out to other breeds.) My dad had a mare of foundation Appy breeding that he bred to my original Arabian stallion Surrabu many years ago. The result was a half-Arab Appaloosa that he rode endurance for several years. It was really interesting to watch "Jon-Boy's" color changes over the years--he had the roaning trait and went from a dark chocolate bay who shed out as a yearling with snowflakes and wild darker spots over his rump to a nearly white horse when he died at 30. But he still had spots in the white even as a very old horse, whereas the greys lose them. Heidi ============================================================ Why should I look good if I don`t smell good? ~ author unknown ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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