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A blue roan horse is not actually blue, though they can look blue. They have a mixture of black and white hairs that appear gray or "blue".

They differ from gray horses because they are born blue and stay blue their entire lives. A gray horse is born a solid color, but gradually get more and more white hairs until they are completely white.

It is sometimes hard to tell a gray horse from a blue roan. One way to tell is to look at the head and around the eyes. In a gray horse, they will go white around the eyes first. A blue roan horse will keep a nearly black head no matter what age they are.

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What color horse will you get if you breed a strawberry roan stallion with a blue roan mare?

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Mare is buckskin and sire is blue roan?

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Where can you buy a blue roan foal on horseisle?

Desert Isle Foal Center


What two horses create a blue roan?

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Black mare really black her only foal you know of was a brown She is bred to a strawberry roan for this spring any chance of getting a blue roan?

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What are all of the foals on HorseIsle?

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If you breed a cremello stud with a sorrell mare what color would the foal be?

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