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Can a dark Palomino horse’s mane and tail be the same color as his body?
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Let’s say the horse is dark palomino (cinnamon-ish colored). Can his main and tail be the same color (or a teensy bit lighter) than the rest of his/her body?
I think I know how to tell the difference between dun, and palomino!
no, a palomino must have a lighter color mane and tail to be classified as a palomino. he can either be a red dun or a sorrel, but if he’s the color of cinnamon, which is red, then he’s a sorrel. the darkest palomino i’ve ever seen was the color of honey, and he had nearly a white mane and tail.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:11 am
to be a TRUE palomino they must be lighter then his body.
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November 26th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Are you thinking of a Dun?
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November 26th, 2009 at 11:26 am
yes it can because it has to due with the genes in the parents. In the fertilization process, genes can segregate and can cross causing four differently genetic cells in meiosis. yes it can, the color depends on its parents.
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
no, a palomino must have a lighter color mane and tail to be classified as a palomino. he can either be a red dun or a sorrel, but if he’s the color of cinnamon, which is red, then he’s a sorrel. the darkest palomino i’ve ever seen was the color of honey, and he had nearly a white mane and tail.
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
What you seem to be describing is a flaxen sorrel or chestnut.
Often as palomino’s age(over 15), their mane and tail yellow a bit if they haven ‘t been properly cared for. That is a very undesirable thing. If it is already registered, but you want to show or just want it to look better, find someone who bleaches their own hair.
I used peroxide on a friend’s horses tail to help lighten it back up with good results, but I was very, very careful not to get the chemicals on the tailbone. I did it in several short "treatments" rather than 1 long one. I wouldn’t do the mane though unless you can find a way to put plastic on the neck and be very careful.
Once you get it lighter, you can keep it that way using white vinegar in strong sunlight, and all the whitening shampoos. That might be enough for the mane as well. Then lots of show sheen and cowboy magic to keep the hair shaft sealed to keep it from going yellow again.
I used to have a "Chocolate Palomino" registered as such, and he was a very dark milk chocolate brown with cream mane and tail, so they can be very dark!
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
A true palomino has a white mane. Anything else it a dun or a shade of chestnut with a flaxen mane.
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
If this is what the horse looks like then no its not a palomino its a Dun or Sorrel
http://www.lwranch.com/images/horses/bucklg.jpg
This is a chocolate palomino
http://www.haygoodpaints.com/skypro3.jpg
Here is a normal palomino
http://image04.webshots.com/4/1/51/19/52815119wjfDSC_ph.jpg
In order to be a palomino the horses mane and tail MUST be lighter than its body. If its not lighter then no your horse is not a palomino.
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November 26th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Yes, its amazing to see it though.
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November 26th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
If the horse is a real palomino, it will have a white/cream color mane. Palomino manes also have a very small amount of black hairs intersperced. Not like a dun.buckskin, you can’t even see them.
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November 26th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
these horses are often called caramello’s
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November 26th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
No, by definition a palomino is a red/gold to cream color horse with a lighter (flaxen or white) mane and tail. You have a chestnut
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November 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Yes it can have the same shade of coloring in the mane and tail as the body..ie: chocolate palomino. They can also have the flaxen mane and tail.
Pictures:http://www.ranchworldads.com/classified.php?listing=2155
http://www.encore-editions.com/fineartphotography/Horses/Misc/thumbs/Chocolate_Palomino_Quarterhorse.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/morganlvr/438759351/
http://forum.horse.com/tm.asp?m=25516
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1313853015062659963jLCsjU
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November 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
no
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November 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
A palomino has a flaxen, almost white, mane and tail. It sounds like you’re describing a chestnut. Even a dark palomino has a flaxen mane and tail.
A dun has a darker mane and tail than it’s body, sometimes just a little darker and sometimes a lot. They also have a dorsal stripe and usually zebra striping on the legs. You should not be mistaking a dun and a palomino, or even a dun and a chestnut for that matter.
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