| Tally at 18 years of age |
Spirits Suede Masterpiece
Trout-Creek's Rahja
Goldust Precious Pewter
| Silver Dapple, silver, or Taffy as it is called, is one of the dilution genes that modifies the coat color. The symbol for the gene is "Z". This gene has been around for a very long time but only recently has it been able to test for. As a child, I remember the silver shetland ponies and associate this color with them. Of course it is in many of todays breeds. The silver gene is a dominate color modifier gene, only one is necessary to pass the color and is pigment-specific. This gene will make a black horse look silver or chocolate with age, each will vary in shades, not all will have silver in the mane/tail. I have seen some that look like liver chestnuts. On a bay based horse the silver gene will not affect the body color but seems to dilute the black on the legs and the mane/tail. Again, this varies with each horse so on one horse the mane/tail may be white or silver and another it may be darker as flaxen or chestnut. The Chestnut horse (red based) is not affected by the silver gene. It is there but can not be seen. So many silver chestnuts are registered at "Chestnut". Now that there is a test for the "Z" gene we hopefully will be able to register the "Silvers" correctly. For more information on the "Z" silver gene check back and I will be adding links with information as time goes on. |
The Silver Dapple gene is a modifier and a dominate gene, so one parent must be a silver dapple to pass it to the
foal. More about the Silver Gene below.
Tally is a very special mare, she is bred very nicely with Ebony Masterpiece as her Grandsire and again as her
Great Grandsire as well as Midnight Sun, Merry Boy, Merry Go Boy, Midnight Mack K. and Hill's Wilson Allen to
name a few. Her quality excels and she passes it to her get creating beautiful Tennessee Walking horses. To ride
her is like riding a cloud. She is never shod, and has hard as rock hooves. Below are some of Tally's silver foals.
More information on the Silver gene below.
foal. More about the Silver Gene below.
Tally is a very special mare, she is bred very nicely with Ebony Masterpiece as her Grandsire and again as her
Great Grandsire as well as Midnight Sun, Merry Boy, Merry Go Boy, Midnight Mack K. and Hill's Wilson Allen to
name a few. Her quality excels and she passes it to her get creating beautiful Tennessee Walking horses. To ride
her is like riding a cloud. She is never shod, and has hard as rock hooves. Below are some of Tally's silver foals.
More information on the Silver gene below.
| TROUT-CREEK RANCH |
John & Renee` Mutter
118 Mt. Lebabnon Rd
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
931-766-0604
118 Mt. Lebabnon Rd
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
931-766-0604
Trout-Creek's Desperado
| Tally at 20 years of age |
Trout-Creek's Silver Diva
2007 filly Click for video
2007 filly Click for video
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Trout-Creek's Silver Diva
Trout-Creek's Silver Diva, 3 yr old.
Trout-Creek's Silver Diva
Trout-Creek's Rahja
Trout-Creek's Rahja
Trout-Creek's Rahja
Trout-Creek's Desperado
