Weighing only 18 pounds at birth with 7.5
inch cannons, this delicate girl is going to roan out! Her face and
delicate body make her "doe-like." We keep getting told that we didn't
have a baby horse, we had a baby deer! And, dear she is! Loves to lay in
our laps!! We are not sure if we will be keeping her or selling her. I
love her short back, wide big eyes, roan coat and her attitude! She is
both a granddaughter of NFCs Dandy
Moon Man and of Little Kings
Supreme Dream. Both her mom and dad are excellent movers and look at
her front leg lift! Click the movies below to see her movement developing!
Click here to see a video of Supreme at 5 days old! This baby is
sweet and quiet. In the short time she has been alive, she has already
visited a nursing home and delighted the elderly with her love for
affection. Click here to see a video
of her visiting the nursing home. She has been trailered, taught to lead
on a halter, raised around children and dogs and loves them all....and
all love her! You can see more clips of Supreme in our educational videos of how to
keep a foal cool in Phoenix's heat.
Supreme was born with a bay foal
coat. I started clipping her at a very young age trying to see
if the roan gene was present. I could see some white fuzz mixed
in at the hairs at the base of her withers. They were also
present just behind the ears. Out came the clippers. She has
such a sweet nature, that she did not and does not mind being
clipped. The roan gene causes there to be white hairs fairly
evenly distributed throughout the coat of the main body, with
non-roaned heads and points (mane, tail, and lower legs).
Roaning can give a horse’s coat a silvery effect. Although we
could see the beginning of her roan hairs coming through right
after birth, they say it does not really become evident until at
about 2.5 months of age. Once the roan gene is evident, there is
not a gradual lightening up of color like you see in a grey
horse; however, there is a seasonal change with them being their
lightest at the onset of summer.
Below is a picture journal of
Supreme from birth until her roan coat was obvious at 2.5 months
Supreme 1
day old, unshaved
Supreme 1
day old, unshaved
I
can't keep the clippers off of her, for I am hunting for
that roan gene. This is Supreme at 5 days old with her
head and neck shaved.
Supreme, now completely
shaved at 7 days old
Supreme, 28 days. You can now
see the dark triangles on her legs from the roan gene
Supreme, at 55 days, is
beginning to look silvery.
Supreme, at 75 days. Her coat is silvery and her head is now bay,
but look at the color of her legs.
We are still waiting for her
legs to change to black as bay roans do as they mature.
There is black starting up
from her Coronet band and should work up her legs in
time.
Movement? Supreme has it!
This comes from her NFCs Dandy Moon Man lines.
Here is a stunning example of
a bay roan with the legs dark. This is Alliance's
Unforgettably Hot and can be seen on their site at
http://www.allianceminis.com
At 3.5 months of age, her
legs are finally black! August 28th, 09!
And, blacker still by the end
of September! I have seen many horses mislabeled as
"blue roans" which is another term for a black roan.
Blue Roans have black faces. Supreme is a bay roan with
a bay face. Click on these thumbnails to see her bay
face.
There are 3 obvious types of roans, but it is
important to note you can have the roan gene present with all
other color patterns. However some of these color patterns are
so light that you do not see the roan hairs as easily( i.e. the
Palomino roans or even a Cremello roan). Roan is a dominant
gene.
Roan Type
Base color
+ Roan Gene
Blue Roan
Black base
+ Roan gene
Bay Roan
Black base
+ Roan gene + Agouti gene
Strawberry
or Red Roan
Red base +
Roan gene
There are other color
patterns that are often confused with roaning. Varnish
Appaloosas are often mistakenly called a roan, as well as Sabino
and Rabicano patterns.
I
can't keep the clippers off of her, for I am hunting for
that roan gene. This is Supreme at 5 days old with her
head and neck shaved.
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