Hey guys, does anyone know what this color is...?

Question

I don't have a picture. There's a new boarding horse at my barn that's really odd-looking. he has a blue-grey-white-black mottled coat, purplish black points, and a red head. Just curious, no idea what the color's called (or if it has a name).

Answer 1

grulla, some sort of roan, probably a cross of the two.

Answer 2

Maybe he is young and changing his color from bay to grey. Some horses are born bay chestnut or black and turn greyer as they age looking unique every year until the mature grey coat. I have seen some colors that don't match any specific "color". A morgan that was red bay in color with black legs and flaxen mane and tail but Uc davis tested as Palomino so you never know. Maybe one of a kind.

Answer 3

ummm....maybe a blue or red roan????

hope i helped (best answer right here..=D)

Answer 4

its sounds "odd colored" it is a registered color tho

Answer 5

wow i would have to see a picture..cause a picture doesnt even pop into my head when i look at all those colors. Sorry, he must look pretty interesting tho ill give you that

Answer 6

palamino?

or maybe a morrigan

Answer 7

Kevin is right. He definately sounds like a roan.

Answer 8

I'd say some type of roan. I might say grulla if he was without the red head :)

Answer 9

a bay roan is an uncommon colour but i've met a few it's like they are blue roan all over their body except their heads are bay colour and there legs have black points

Answer 10

I am pretty sure he is Blue or red roan.

Answer 11

Sounds like a bay roan to me.

He could possibly be a rose gray.. Which is a horse with red base coat that is graying out... some pics:

Bay roans--

http://www.wyohorses.com/lot_11_p.jpg

http://www.autumnwoodfarms.com/images/ma...

rose gray--

http://www.gloriosaandalusians.com/Galen...

A bay roan will have a bay face, dark points and red and white hairs mixed throughout the body while a gray will have a lighter face *the face usually grays before the rest of the body* and mixed hairs with or without dark points.

Answer 12

its probably a roan. Grulla's are the color of a field mouse, that mean a kind of grey. Palamino's are golden.

What your discribing is a roan

Answer 13

Would just love to see a picture!  Red head?  Sounds like some sort of grey.  I would ask the owner.

Answer 14

he's probably what's called a bay roan actually. bay roans have solid red heads, blackish blue points, and bluish to redish grey tinted bodies. here  are some pictures of some bay roans

http://www.stallionsnow.com/stallion-ad-...

http://www.equinenow.com/horse-ad-95771

http://www.geocities.com/ratherroans/bay...

http://www.equinenow.com/horse-ad-97606

**it's not a red roan. red roans can't have black points. a true red roan has no black points anywhere! for more color definitions go here:

http://www.aqha.com/association/download...

Answer 15

Definately a blue roan. Blue roans have a semi-tinted head that varies from a light red to a darker, deeper red, usually depending on the light and eating habits.

Answer 16

Each breed recognizes the color differently, but there are typically 3 basic roan types.

Blue roan - roan over black, so the head is black, legs and points are black, mane and tail are black.

Red Roan - roan over bay, so you have reddish tones to the body, red face, black and red on the legs, black points, and black mane and tail.

Strawberry Roan - roan over chestnut/sorrel, so all red points.

I think what you have is a RED ROAN.

If it was something like a grulla (some posters said this) you would have a dark dorsal stripe, and the whole body would be the same mousy color.  Roan looks more like flecks of silver and red mixed together.

Here is an example of a red roan:

http://www.youbetimgood.com/

some will be lighter or darker depending on how severe the roaning is.

Answer 17

Maybe a grulla? http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/dreams...

A mixed paint?

Rabicano? http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/dreams...

Mixed tobiano/overo?

Sabino? http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/dreams...

Deffintly could be a uniquely colored appaloosa. http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/dreams...

Ask someone around the barn, or the owner.

Answer 18

he is most likely a grulla. they can very in color so the red head is probly just a mix. but enerythimg else you described is right for a grulla

Answer 19

i believe your describingg a bluee roan. if so this is itt.

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/357in2g.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

this is a pic, of a blue roan, with out a red head.

Answer 20

maybe some kind of roan but idk interesting

Answer 21

Sounds like a roan to me.

check out this horse site.

http://www.saferhorseracing.com/