What color horse will you get if you breed a bay horse with a palomino?

Answer 1

The foal is most likely to be grey. If it is not grey, it is likely to be bay, could be black although not as likely and there is a very small chance it will be chestnut. It depends on the genetics really. Keep in mind that black is dominant over all other colour alleles, bay being a dilution of black and white being an absence of black. Behind the genetics of all coat colours is black or chestnut. All colours are variants of black. The closest coat colour to black is the darkest chestnut. So, if the bay is heterozygous for black, which most are, I'm sticking with the grey theory. I foal-out almost 200 horses every year and lethal colour alleles aside, my colour guesses through past experience are correct most of the time. Although the couple duns where nice surprises! And very true is the lack of Pedigrees to figure out the lineage in colour; this makes it near impossible to give percentages for each colour outcome.

I don't know who posted this tip for you, but you should be aware of the fact that you shouldn't be getting a grey foal out of that cross. The first reason for this is because white horses have the dominant white gene turned on not grey. Grey has it's own gene. Because white is dominant over every other color, any other dominant genes that the white horse has are completely chance and you should review the animal's pedigree to determine the most likely possibilities via the parents' and grandparents' colors.

Bay horses have at least one dominant agouti and extension gene. This means that they can pass on a sorrel, black, or bay color to their foal.

The next issue to address is whether or not your white horse is actually white. If it is, it will have pink skin, brown eyes, and no markings whatsoever. It is completely white. If the white horse has dark skin, it is, in fact, grey. If this is the case, you could get a grey foal but it might not appear to have any dominant grey genes until it begins to shed. In the event that the white horse is really grey, your best chance of finding out what colors it might pass on are in knowing the color it was at birth. If that information is unknown, consult the pedigree charts.

This website is a color calculator. They know what they are talking about but you have to make sure you have the correct colors or you'll get erroneous results.

Good luck with your baby!

Depends which allele is more dominant

I know from experience that this horse should be gray, because I personally know a bay mare that was breed many times with a welsh pony (a gray) and the foals all ended up gray.

i have one sidenote from the above. majority of the 'white' horses you see are really grey. only the few that are actually white are known as 'true white'. the ones that are really grey are 'false white'

Answer 2

Most likely a black foal, but he could change color when the foal turns 3 yrs. old. The above comment is incorrect. Black and bay colors are based totally on genetics. A black horse can genetically be: EEaa or Eeaa and a bay horse can be EEAa, EEAA, EeAa, or EeAA. When you combine these you get these options - Bay 70.3%, Black 23.4% and chestnut 6.25% check out: http://www.animalgenetics.us/CCalculator3.asp for more information. If you know more about the horses genetic makeup you can have a better idea of what they will throw!

Answer 3

Bays, chestnut and blacks are possible, but not grey for most breeds. (for grey one parent needs to be grey) There are some recessive dilution genes and color modifiers that can give other colors, but the results given are the most likely. With Bay and chestnur accounting for 90% Bays, chestnut and blacks are possible, but not grey for most breeds. (for grey one parent needs to be grey) There are some recessive dilution genes and color modifiers that can give other colors, but the results given are the most likely. With Bay and chestnur accounting for 90%

Answer 4

it depends you could have a chesnut or a grey horse. or you could have a paint. its genetics are how you tell. if they r purebreds you will get one color of either the dam or the sire.hope this helped!!!!!

Answer 5

I have horses and I tried it when I saw your question.

I got a grey horse, but I'm pretty sure it's also possible to get a brown horse.

I'm not 100% sure though.

You could still obviously get a black horse or a white horse but you never know.

It's all just about chance, really. = )

Why did you want to know?

Marlene

Answer 6

The simplest answer is, spin the wheel of colors and see what you get - it could be almost anything. A Palomino is a dilute cream; a bay is a brown (chestnut/sorrel for the purists) with black points (ears, muzzle, mane, tail, lower legs). Blending the two could result in anything from a chestnut/sorrel to a bay to something close to a palomino (although I would expect the red and black tones in the bay to bleed through the palomino base).

Answer 7

it depends, you have to look at the stallions bloodlines to see the color of his relatives. then do the same thing with the mares.

Answer 8

That really all depends on genetics and things like dominant and recessive genes. Every horse is different and has different colour genes in their lineage.

Answer 9

Anything from a black bay to a straight color - equine coat color genetics are complicated.