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Mine is made in Germany

So, there was a hole in the clouds, so here are pictures of my dun-roan-weirdcolour horsey
As you can see, I never had him on my showshelf. He still wears the tag

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Yes, the front left leg is all bent backwards, poor horse

Perhaps he is roan, but I always thought he was some sort of real sloppy made appaloosa. Now that I began to look into it, I found one that could look a little like mine

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SUSANNE wrote:

Mine is made in Germany

So, there was a hole in the clouds, so here are pictures of my dun-roan-weirdcolour horsey
As you can see, I never had him on my showshelf. He still wears the tag
Yes, the front left leg is all bent backwards, poor horse

Perhaps he is roan, but I always thought he was some sort of real sloppy made appaloosa. Now that I began to look into it, I found one that could look a little like mine

Ah, that's why your's is different to mine then - your one does resemble that appaloosa but Schleich did a terrible representation of it!

I was also thinking on a kind of appaloosa. Maybe a solid blanket varnish one... Similar to these, but without spots:

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Yes, - some of the (American?) colour nerds call them snowcap-appaloosas

SUSANNE wrote:

Yes, - some of the (American?) colour nerds call them snowcap-appaloosas

You´re right :) I was thinking about that name but it didn´t come to my mind, so I used "solid blanket". So thanks!

IMHO solid blanket is much better!
No reason to make all these fancy names, - they are mainly suited for showing off

Like "strawberry roan"...what strawberry ????
They are red roan ( or chestnut roan )

Ok ok, solid blanket

Oh, strawberry roans are chestnut + roan, and red roan are bay + roan. Strawberry roan is a bit stupid name, but that´s the name the coat has... I´m basing on a book: Equine color genetics, by D. Philip Sponenberg

I think you remember wrong there.
A bay roan is...a bay roan.
A chestnut roan is called strawberry roan or red roan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roan_(color)

Sponenbers book has the great advantage of being in English, but I think he makes it much too difficult
There are also faults in it, - I saw a list once.
Also he has been accused of usnig pictures taking in a light that makes the colours of the horses fit his theories
It is several years since I read it. It is a good book, but I never bought it.

No doubt it is the classical book on horse colours

Buf! There are sooooo many differences in Spanish (and I don´t know them all), and now I have to learn the differences in English! I´m turning crazy Anyway, in my opinion, it´s better the book than the wikipedia :)

You are so right ! That is the deceptive thing about ( British) English.
It is reasonalbly easy to get along with, but when it comes to the more special details, it really is not.
Like my friend janice who said lemon when she meant yellow

I don`t know about others, but I also often fall in the trap that I think American and English are the same, but it sometimes is not. Just think about the word ass, which does not mean donkey in American

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sometimes is not. Just think about the word ass, which does not mean donkey in American