Colors of the 2024 Buybacks

I went through the colors of last year's buybacks and it seemed to be popular so I thought I'd do it again! I was the photographer for this year's ICPAR auction album which these photos come from.

None of these ponies have been color tested. My observations are conjecture from the visual look of the pony (aka phenotype), extensive knowledge about their parents and siblings, and color tests of siblings and family members. Sires are presumed as always.

Auction #A, 2023 Colt (Archer's Gambit x Surfer Dude's Gidget)

This yearling colt is a dark chestnut likely due to sooty which runs in both sides of his family. He was guaranteed to be a chestnut because both of his parents are and will pass one copy on to all of his foals. He didn't inherit his sire's tobiano pinto, but appears to have splashed white 1. His dam and her sire had SW1 and we have verified this through testing of multiple family members. His markings are typical of ponies that have one copy of SW1. They usually aren't visual pintos but are instead flashy to varying degrees.

Chestnut: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html
Sooty: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/sooty.html
Splashed White: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/splash.html

Auction #11, 2024 Filly (Surfer Dude's Riptide x WH Wildfire)

This filly was guaranteed to be a chestnut because both of her parents are. She will pass one copy of red/chestnut on to all her foals. Both of her parents appear to have splashed white 1 and she appears to have it as well with her wide blaze and socks. Her dam also had tobiano but she didn't inherit it. Her sire's family often produces dark sooty chestnuts and it appears she will be one as well. She may be a flaxen, which is common in her sire's family, but it's too early to tell.

Chestnut: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html
Sooty: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/sooty.html
Splashed White: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/splash.html
Flaxen: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/flaxen.html

Auction #12, 2024 Colt (Chief Golden Eagle x CLG Ember)

This colt is a solid palomino like his sire. He has one copy of the cream dilution and will pass the cream dilution on to statistically 50% of his foals. Palominos are chestnuts with the cream dilution so he will pass one copy of red/chestnut on to all of his foals.

Palomino: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/palomino.html

Auction #22, 2024 Filly (Don Leonard Stud II x Milly Sue)

This filly is a chestnut tobiano like her sire. She will pass one copy of red/chestnut on to all her foals. Her dam does not have tobiano and her sire does. Since only one parent has it she is heterozygous for tobiano, statistically 50% of her foals will be tobiano. She may have splashed white or another pinto pattern also through either of her parents. The irregular and broken apart look of her pinto markings indicate that she might.

Chestnut: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html
Tobiano: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/tobiano.html
Mixed Pinto: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/mixedpinto.html

Auction #33, 2024 Filly (Maverick x Kachina Mayli Mist)

This filly is a palomino like her dam and a tobiano like her sire. She will pass a copy of chestnut on to all her foals and will pass a copy of cream dilute on to statistically 50% of her foals. Without testing we don't know if she has a copy of agouti or not. Agouti is what causes a bay so she may have inherited it from her sire. Since only her sire is a tobiano she is heterozygous for tobiano, statistically 50% of her foals will be tobiano.

Palomino: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/palomino.html
Tobiano: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/tobiano.html

Auction #40, 2024 Filly (Ajax x Grandma's Dream)

This filly is a bay tobiano like both of her parents. Since both of her parents are bay there's the possibility she could be homozygous for black or for agouti. She could also be homozygous for tobiano which would mean all of her foals would be tobiano. But without testing we'll have to watch her offspring to see if any of these are true. There's some signs that her sire may have splashed white or another unknown white/pinto pattern. So that possibility exists for her too.

Bay: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/bay.html
Tobiano: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/tobiano.html
Mixed Pinto: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/mixedpinto.html

Auction #90, 2024 Filly (Henry's Hidalgo x Wildest Dreams)

This filly is a black tobiano. We can't tell without testing if she carries recessive red/chestnut. Her bay sire has a chestnut dam so he carries it. Her dam does not have a chestnut parent and has had limited foals but has not produced a chestnut. Both of her parents are tobiano so it's possible she's homozygous for tobiano which would mean all of her foals would be tobiano. We can't know for sure without testing but can watch her future foals to answer these questions.

Black: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/black.html
Tobiano: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/tobiano.html
Mixed Pinto: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/mixedpinto.html