[drivingpairs] Re: sorrel and Chestnut

Genetics are very cool, but cowboys go by what they see and therefore named the colors so you could tell one horse from another. If you had a pair of horses, the chestnut was the one with color that did not fade on the legs. The sorrel was the one with lighter color points. (excluding white markings of course) You know, phenotype and genotype?

L.M. Tembreull wrote:

Extremely outdated book that predates genetic testing.  We now know they are 
genetically the same no matter what shade they are.  Much better reading would 
be Dr. Sponenberg's Equine Color Genetics or the website EquineColor.com.

Lewella
----- Original Message ----- From: Candis Hankins To: driving pairs Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: [drivingpairs] sorrel and Chestnut


I used to drive a pair of horses that were the same shade of red, but one was a sorrel and one was a chestnut. Read Ben Green's book titled 'The Color of Horses' and the differences will be obvious. Both come in several shades, but a sorrel will fade out on the legs and may have a lighter tail and mane. A chestnut carries the same color down to the foot (not counting white markings.) Very different!
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