Blue Roan Tennessee Walker Stallion(on Craigslist) - Had to Share!!

[EweSheep]

Roan with black, I am guessing! Its been soooooooo long since I had the horse genetic class.

 

[Orchid]

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Without knowing his zygosity status (whether he is homozygous for black and/or roan), your best chance of getting another blue roan would be to breed him with a blue roan mare or failing that a black mare.

 

[EweSheep]

Could one do a color background check on his pedigree?

 

[BantamoftheOpera]

 

[Orchid]

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That would help narrow down the possibilities.

 

[welsummerchicks]

I think it's UCLA that offers DNA tests. Supposedly, that makes breeding for color less of a cra...guess.

 

[Orchid]

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UC-Davis.

Here's the tests they offer right now:

http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse.php

 

[welsummerchicks]

You're right - I was just reading at UCLA's website about some neurological stuff, so somehow, my ageing brain 'swapped out' UC Davis and put in UCLA. I even just sent some equine blood tests to UC Davis this summer...perhaps there's a nursing home for confused horse people.....

 

[verthandi]

It's called the barn.

 

[welsummerchicks]

You mean they'll just sort of SET me out there in the sun in the morning and let me wander back and forth between the stalls all day, muttering to myself about how the world has gone to heck in a bucket....trying to find my cell phone, and saying, 'Where did I park my car...where did I park my car...'...HOW WOULD THAT BE DIFFERENT FROM NOW????