UPDATE!!
November 24, 2007

While still not an emergency dispersal, due to ever changing circumstances, Zeulner Morgans wishes to expedite their herd dispersal, by offering several of their horses at reduced prices. Please check the various pages of our site for newly reduced prices on most of our stock.

 

HERD DISPERSAL!!

Zeulner Morgans has made the tough decision to retire from horse breeding, therefore, they will gradually be dispersing their entire herd over time. Some horses are available for immediate sale, while others may not be available until a later time.

Please feel free to browse our site. If any horse catches your eye, please contact us directly to find out if that horse is currently available.
(NOTE: This is not an emergency dispersal.)

Prices will be reasonably negotiable at this time.

 

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CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE!!
~ $5000 ~

Or Long Term Lease

Contact us for terms!

October 2, 2007

What is a Brown Silver Dapple?

The Silver Dapple gene is a dilution gene; as are the cream, dun and champagne genes.
The Silver Dapple gene dilutes black pigment, but not red. Basically the reverse of the cream gene.

On a horse whose base coat color is brown, the black areas of the body are diluted to chocolate (similar to the effect on a black based horse), the minimal red areas of the body are not diluted, and the black points are diluted. The lower legs are diluted from black to some shade of flat chocolate brown. The Silver Dapple gene has an exaggerated diluting effect on the mane & tail; turning them generally to some shade of silver, ranging from nearly white to a dark, grayish silver. As Silver Dapple dilute horses age, their manes & tails often darken.

On a horse with a black base coat, the body is diluted to some shade of chocolate brown or greyish, sometimes 'silvery' and sometimes, but not always, heavily dappled.

We know that Sunka's body used to be red when he was a foal (as seen in his foal photos), but as he matured his body developed more black pigment, as is common with brown based foals, thus he is a Brown Silver Dapple.

Because the dilution effect of the Silver Dapple gene so closely resembles flaxen dark/liver chestnut in appearance, Silver Dapples have been mistakenly registered as chestnuts; which was the case with Sunka . . . until he sired a bay colt out of a chestnut mare, that is! That was one of the clues that indicated that Sunka had to be either a bay or black horse diluted by the Silver Dapple gene. The results of the Red Factor test proved that Sunka was not a chestnut, so there was no doubt that he was a Silver Dapple Morgan!

written by Nancy Castle

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