According to Wikipedia, the color of the old grey mare in the folk song was really- grey, as it said nothing about any other color in the lyrics.
The stud has to carry a grey gene and as grey is dominant it has to be a grey stud. No guarantee that the offspring will be grey unless the stud is homozygous for grey.
Yes, it is possible for a chestnut Arabian mare bred to a black Arabian stallion to produce a grey foal. If either the mare or stallion carry the gene for greying, there is a chance that the foal may inherit this gene and develop a grey coat color as it matures.
Yes, because if you have a grey mare or stud whose base coat color was a dilute color such as palomino 0r buckskin before they turned grey, then that horse is bred to a dilute colored mare, the resulting foal could be a cremello that is also carrying the grey gene. Therefore, cremellos and perlinos can, if they are out of a grey parent, produce a dilute foal that turns grey. UC Davis now offers the genetic testing for the grey gene, so any cremellos or perlinos out of grey parents should be tested before being touted as 100% dilute color producers, or mare owners will be greatly disappointed!
Palomino stallion --eeCrcr (unknown genetics at the Agouti site) Grey mare ----Gg or ----GG (unknown genetics at the agouti or extension site) The color genetics of the mare may be better understood by looking at the parents and grandparents. If the mare is Gg 50% chance of dilute 50% chance of gray 25% chance of both gray and dilute.
Gray.
i think chorrol
Well, an exact answer would require knowing what each horses exact genetic code was for their colors including the pattern for the sorrel mare (Tovero, Tobiano, overo, sabino, or splash.) also what was the stallions original color? Grey is a modifier gene that is typically inherited around 50% or more of the time.
the grey mare is the better horse.
grey is not a color. the opposite of grey is grey.
grey is not a color. the opposite of grey is grey.
brown So, white could mean maximum expression sabino or gray. If the mare has pink skin she is probably maximum expression sabino and her base coat color can be extrapolated (to a degree) from the base color of her parents and grandparents. If the mare is a maximum expression sabino amount of white will be determined by the genetics of the stallion in conjunction with the genetics of the mare. If the mare has dark skin she is gray. Gray is independent of base color...so the resulting foal could be any base color with a 50 or 100% chance of being gray. If the mare is gray Gg there is a 50% chance that the foal will be grey, If the mare is GG any foal produced will be grey. Again base coat color can be extrapolated from the parents/grandparents to a degree. A gray horse will always have a gray parent. The stallion is XXee as he is sorrel/chestnut again, looking at his parents/grandparents may lend information on his genetics at the agouti site and the subsequent possible color of the foal.
The color grey is called grey because it is derived from the Old English word "grǣg", which means color of ash or ashes. Grey is a mixture of black and white, which gives it a neutral, subdued appearance reminiscent of ash.