Historical Pony: Witch Doctor

This historical pony is the stallion Witch Doctor. He was a dark bay or brown tobiano. He was occasionally referred to as black but his brown nose and the brown in his coat tells us he wasn't. Black ponies on Assateague are often sunburnt but don't look like he did. Witch Doctor was born in 1987 and nothing has been found about his parents, yet. A foal photo of him also shows a dark bay and not a black foal. Witch Doctor had several offspring kept for the herd, Bay Girl and Two Teagues Taco are his last currently on Assateague.

For a few years there was a test for brown, but the study was proven to be faulty and the test withdrawn. It's highly likely there's a genetic difference to browns. Many species have a similar type of black and tan coloring. Hopefully research will find out one day!
More about brown on my website: https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/brown.html