New arrivals in my herd!

Thank you!

I thought it could be great to add some coat info to explain why the 2 quarters are so similar but different :)

What beautyful, exceptional variations

Congratulations, - it was worth waiting for the surprise

Haha, you horsegirls with your colourvariations and horsebreeds...
Congrats on your new variations Sylvia!

Great observation and lovely photos, Sylvia... Quite a difference in the appearance of these two variants!

Congratulations for your very wanted variations! Now we have a very happy Silvia again! Ah, my favourite is the stalion made in Portugal because according with my Mom I also was made in Portugal!
Thanks for explaining these leopard things about horses!

Thank you guys!

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Haha, you horsegirls with your colourvariations and horsebreeds...
Congrats on your new variations Sylvia!

Horses are very interesting, they have so many variations theirselves!

Variations, variations!

Thanks Silvia for the explanation!

Silvia, I know this does really not belong here, but bear with me

Looking at horse colours more from a genetic point of view than a phaenotypic view, isn`t the name "Varnished roan" misleading, you think ?

As you write, it does not stem from the Roan-locus, R, at all, but from the complex system of linked genes that can give the various appaloosa- or spotted colours.

The more interesting/dangerous for breeders because research show that there seems to be no homozygote true roans, - the R-gene is probably lethal if the foal gets it from both parents

Well, names are sometimes a bit confusing!

How interesting about roan! I´ve read some articles and it seems to be true, but not sure. I supose that lethality could be related to linked genes instead of the roan itself. I´ll read more when I have a bit more time, I´m a bit late now xD

I realy like the darker foal better

The "ordinary", lighter one, I always thought looked wierd, but the darker one look much better

congratz on getting it

Thanks! I also prefer the dark one ^^ It looks more realistic, doesn´t it?

Susanne, I´ve read about roan :) It really seems to be lethal, but breeders don´t notice that because the foal dies very soon inside the utero, even before knowing the mare is pregnant. Anyway, there are some breeds in what Roan gene can be homozygous, like in Belgian Drafts I think. In some other breeds there are no homozygote roan horses, but it´s like if it was a dominant gene, maybe because of different links with other genes.

I have the right foal, too.

I´ve been too busy to take some good pics until now, but at least I could take them :)

I got this one as Christmas present:



He´s gorgeous, but could have been better with a different coat. He´s very similar to the "normal" one. Anyway, I´m pretty happy with him


And this little girl arrived last week!



Didn´t think I was going to like her so much! She´s very well painted, and her coat cought my eye. I love this kind of chestnut!


I also got a Papo unicorn, I´m going to post pics in the Papo section :)
Now I´m waiting for the new horses, I hope they will arrive to my city shops next week. Can´t wait to get them :)

Are those specials? Tell me about them! I LOVE the pony! :)

-Kristie

Very nice adds !

Big congrats Silvia, the Hanoverian looks very nice

Oh sorry!

The first one is the special edition done for Marbach, he´s a warmblood stallion made with the Hannover stallion mold from 2008. His item number is 82142.

The second one is a falabella mare that comes with a book for children, I think the brand of the book is Meyers or something like that. Her tag shows the item number 82816. The mold is the same than the falabella mare 13688.



Thanks everyone for your comments :)

Thank you for the information! :)

-Kristie

Congratulations for your new horses,Silvia!

congrats Silvia! I love the pony too & never seen this before!

Congratulations, Sylvia

They are both lovely horses

I always loved that Hannoveranian, and I am sure there is a lot of Hannoveranian in the Marbach also

The lovely pony comes from this book :


Those books must be really great for small children, btw
Just a shame that they only come in German, as far as I know

Nice horses!!! Congratulations!!!

Congratulations, Sylvia, especially on the much sought-after and lovely 82142... :)

Thank you dear friends!

SUSANNE wrote:

Congratulations, Sylvia

They are both lovely horses

I always loved that Hannoveranian, and I am sure there is a lot of Hannoveranian in the Marbach also

The lovely pony comes from this book :


Those books must be really great for small children, btw
Just a shame that they only come in German, as far as I know

Well... I want to learn German when I finish my English studies, so I supose it will be useful for me xD I´m going to keep the book

Beautiful new horses Silvia!!!