nnadams
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This little leopard appaloosa colt was born this morning at about 12:45 am. His dam was registered as a palomino by her breeder, her sire was a chestnut leopard appaloosa, her dam a palomino and this mare has heavy appaloosa characteristics. This past summer, after she was bred for the first time, I noticed she started getting darker in color or getting darker splotches. The last few weeks she has been shedding her winter coat and now she is almost completely shed out. She is definitely a lot darker in color than she used to be and she has darker splotches of coloring everywhere. Her mane and tail look alot more silvery white than they used to. This mare was bred to our chestnut appaloosa stallion whose sire was a leopard app, though I cannot find what color and his dam was a sorrel I think.
When this colt was first born, I thought he was a bay leopard, but when I started drying him off, I changed my mind. His rump and lower back are bright white with black, brown and tan spots, his shoulders, chest, upper front legs and upper back legs are a light, light tan or beige in coat(I thought he was dirty in these areas at first)with the brown and tan spots. His head is very dark with the lighter tan hairs along his jaw, bridge of his nose and mixed evevly with the darker hairs all over his forehead.
He is just a few hours old in these pictures and still has his front foal slippers on. I had to use a flash for these pictures, but hopefully they give you a good enough idea of his color. If someone could affirm what color he is, I would greatly appreciate it!
When this colt was first born, I thought he was a bay leopard, but when I started drying him off, I changed my mind. His rump and lower back are bright white with black, brown and tan spots, his shoulders, chest, upper front legs and upper back legs are a light, light tan or beige in coat(I thought he was dirty in these areas at first)with the brown and tan spots. His head is very dark with the lighter tan hairs along his jaw, bridge of his nose and mixed evevly with the darker hairs all over his forehead.
He is just a few hours old in these pictures and still has his front foal slippers on. I had to use a flash for these pictures, but hopefully they give you a good enough idea of his color. If someone could affirm what color he is, I would greatly appreciate it!
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