Pheroz 99 Report post Posted May 11, 2022 I have been reading that good stallions do not throw chestnut foals and the preference is for foals to be true to stallion colour. Are chestnut foals from bay or brown stallions perceived to be less valuable? Dopey 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey 214 Report post Posted May 12, 2022 Think the best 2 foals from my bay mare - by a bay sire - are chestnuts and were/are group level horses. Both sold for six figures as well so others thought so as well. So I’m of the opinion that it’s a wife’s tale or in more politically correct terms now..bull$&*# also think some of iffraaj best were chestnuts - gingernuts!? Pam Robson 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted May 12, 2022 Phar Lap and Bonecrusher went alright. Dopey, Pam Robson, Pegasus 9 and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder 608 Report post Posted May 12, 2022 Baz, I have no real opinion on Pheroz's post. In the case of Phar Lap and Bonecrusher what colour were their respective sires? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADM 225 Report post Posted May 13, 2022 Phar Laps sire Night Raid was bay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted May 13, 2022 13 hours ago, Breeder said: Baz, I have no real opinion on Pheroz's post. In the case of Phar Lap and Bonecrusher what colour were their respective sires? Bay and Brown by all accounts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,954 Report post Posted May 17, 2022 A huge number of high class winners (out of all proportion to the norm) were neither colour of their parents. (Primarily chestnut as it’s a recessive gene) Read Peter Pring’s book on analysis of 100 Australasian Champions. Dopey, d.burrow - Joan, Baz (NZ) and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBL 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2022 Its a recessive gene. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Kirrama 1,513 Report post Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 7:52 PM, Insider said: A huge number of high class winners (out of all proportion to the norm) were neither colour of their parents. (Primarily chestnut as it’s a recessive gene) Read Peter Pring’s book on analysis of 100 Australasian Champions. So True. Prings book is a must read. Insider 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...