My colt graying faster than my mare, normal?

[catersa]

I know that all my horses have the genetics for graying because I see a gray cloud around them.

At 4 years old when Bella became pregnant, she had a vibrant bay with a gray face and some gray spots.

She is now 6 years and 10 months old and I don't really see an increase in graying so much as I see darkening around where the gray is and overall less vibrant color.

Is this darkening normal in a graying horse?

4 years old when pregnancy started

.46 years later when pregnancy is noticeable

5.5 years old and not pregnant anymore

Now at 6 years 10 months old



See what I mean by darkening?

And here is Alex at 4.5 years old:

And here is Alex now:



All I see here is darkening, no gray.

And my colt which I haven't named yet is already graying. I don't have pictures of him before 1 year 10.5 months but at 1 year 9 months old, he just looked like a bay colt, no darkening, no gray. Now at 1 year 10.5 months he already has gray rims around his eyes and I can already see darkening. Is this normal?

[Raikit]

I know that all my horses have the genetics for graying because I see a gray cloud around them.

So I actually have no idea where that gray cloud is coming from. I've seen it in other players' photos but have never had it on any of my horses. But I do know that it doesn't have anything to do with the horse being gray.

Your mare is gray but the stallion is sooty bay. The sooty is what causes his darkening. And I'm not sure what you mean by darkening on your mare. When I look at her I see the same gray progression that my mare is going through, but on a bay coat instead of sooty smoky brown.

The colt also looks to be going through a normal graying process, but with fewer (if any) dapples.

The cloud may have something to do with what browser you're using? I think different browsers may render the pictures differently. If you look through the gallery on my mare you'll see the progression you should have seen on your mare. I honestly have no idea what's up with that cloud.

[BlackOak2]

I know that all my horses have the genetics for graying because I see a gray cloud around them.

So I actually have no idea where that gray cloud is coming from. I've seen it in other players' photos but have never had it on any of my horses. But I do know that it doesn't have anything to do with the horse being gray.

Your mare is gray but the stallion is sooty bay. The sooty is what causes his darkening. And I'm not sure what you mean by darkening on your mare. When I look at her I see the same gray progression that my mare is going through, but on a bay coat instead of sooty smoky brown.

The colt also looks to be going through a normal graying process, but with fewer (if any) dapples.

The cloud may have something to do with what browser you're using? I think different browsers may render the pictures differently. If you look through the gallery on my mare you'll see the progression you should have seen on your mare. I honestly have no idea what's up with that cloud.

The cloud is linked to firefox (and in my opinion some versions of operating systems). I have it described in the newbies quick start guide and you can find a little more information in this post.

[Raikit]

The cloud is linked to firefox (and in my opinion some versions of operating systems). I have it described in the newbies quick start guide and you can find a little more information in this post.

Interesting! I mostly figured it was a browser thing but had no idea it was linked to training as well.