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Mushroom
Why it can't be "Silver" (Z)
The colors called Mushroom by their breeders seem
to occur only in certain lines of ponies in the UK and Australia.
Because black-based miniature horses and ponies with the silver gene
look much like those ponies, it was suspected that they could be
black based and carrying the silver perhaps mixed with dun and/or
cream.
HOWEVER....information has just come to our attention that the
color occurs, perhaps exclusively, in red-based (ee) horses!
Carolyn Shepard suggests that they be tested for ea.
After looking at the pedigrees and pictures, I'm wondering if they could be what we call "dunalino".
Granted, they don't look like those we usually see, but they're in
winter coat and perhaps a bit dusty. First order of business:
have they been tested for the cream gene?
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