white hairs on a bay

[emszeliga@juno.com]

Okay, with all this talk about white hairs appearing on chestnuts, I'm
interested in hearing comments on my horse.

I bought this horse in June, he is an 11 yo gelding, dark bay.  His dam
was a paint National Show Horse, sire a solid Arab.  

He does have a white spot under the saddle from an old saddle fit
problem.  That much I can recognize.  In addition to that he has one
small white spot on the side of his rump.  On one side of his body, the
shoulder and rib cage have white hairs lightly sprinkled throughout.  For
added interest, he has a silver dollar sized *dark* spot on his cheek,
and another on his rump.  The dark spots are on the opposite side from
the white speckling.

Any comments on this being due to genetics or environment?  Will he
continue to speckle?  

Liz in Massachusetts

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