Rocky Mountain Horse
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The Rocky Mountain Horse is a horse breed developed in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Despite its name, it originated not in the Rocky Mountains, but instead in the Appalachian Mountains.
Rocky Silverhorse
Rocky Mountain Horse
The mane and tail of "chocolate" colored horses are several shades lighter than the coat.
Silver dapple gene
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The silver or silver dapple gene is a dilution gene that affects the black base coat color and is associated with Multiple Congenital Ocular Abnormalities. It will typically dilute a black mane and ta
Rocky Mountain Horse
…registered over 12,000 horses. The breed is known for its preferred "chocolate" coat color and flaxen mane and tail, the result of the relatively rare silver dapple gene acting on a black coat, seen in much of the population. It also exhibits a four-beat ambling gait known as the "single-foot". Originally developed as…
Black silver horse exhibiting strongly diluted long hair with darker roots and flat gray, dappled body color
The front two Rocky Mountain Horses have the silver dapple dilution.
Bay silvers retain their reddish body color with black points diluted to silver.
Eye disorders in horses with the silver dapple gene