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Triple S Mountain Horse Ranch, Rocky Mountain Gaited Horses, Eagle Point, Oregon and in Kentucky, Morgan Ranch
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Base and Modified Colors
Mountain Horses come in most of the colors found in other breeds – including the “base” colors of black, bay, and sorrel or chestnut. These three base colors in turn may be modified by other genes which are called "modifier genes" which usually dilute or add white to the base colors, so that you find roans, paints, duns, grays, palominos and buckskins, etc.
“Chocolates”
In the Mountain Horse breeds, and primarily the Rocky Mountain Horse registry, the color known as “chocolate” with a flaxen mane and tail is very popular, and has become strongly associated with this horse. The five foundation stallions of the RMHA were chocolate, all sons of Tobe, himself chocolate in color. The “chocolate” color is also found in other breeds, most commonly in Icelandics, Shetland Ponies, Miniatures and some draft breeds.
The chocolate color is caused by a color modifying gene – that is, a gene which modifies (in this case dilutes) another color. This gene has been named the “Silver Dapple gene” by geneticists. It is a gene that only dilutes the color black. It does not affect the color red (sorrel or chestnut). Therefore, a sorrel or chestnut horse can carry the gene and pass it on, but you cannot tell whether the horse carries the gene from looking at the horse, as there is no black on its body to modify.
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- Paula K Morgan
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- Eagle Point Oregon
- United States 97524
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