Lately I’ve come across a couple of foals with patches, on their bodies. It brought me joy when Jess Aisthorpe allowed me to share the pictures she took of her cream dilute when she was one day old. The patches, on her body aren’t a result of being wet or dirty; they actually have a color compared to the rest of her coat.
She has an amount of hair, on her left shoulder but there are also smaller patches, on both sides of her body and her face.
The markings, on her resemble those seen on the smoky cream Morgan horse, named Prairie Hill Apache. Far I have only come across darker cream patches like this on horses with a base coat and double cream gene. We are still uncertain about the color of Jess filly but considering her sire is a buckskin and her dam is grey, with a grandsire there’s a chance she could be either perlino or smoky cream.
I’m curious to know if these markings are still visible and prominent when the horse grows up. The examples I’ve come across far have all been of young foals. If you have any experience, with dilutes that have markings please share them. It would be fascinating to see examples particularly if there are photos of both foals and adults.
