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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Whatever.
According to her papers - Klondike Kaytie is a roan. Kip Deville is classified as grey/Roan - as are two of his half siblings by a pair of different sires.
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Genetically speaking roans don't exist in the TB breed. If the horse lightened with age, it's grey, not roan. The Jockey Club just doesn't want to believe such stuff. It's too technical for them.
Grey is not a color at all, but (genetically) a "modifier." "Grey" causes continued depigmentation of darker colored hair.
http://www.equinecolor.com/grey.html
Roan is a color pattern entirely unrelated to grey. A roan is born roan and stays the same (with some variation for winter/summer coats etc.) throught it's life. Roans typically have less roaning (therefore darker coats on) legs and heads.
http://www.equinecolor.com/roan.html
Some breeders do look for physical resemblance to a parent to project aptitude. I recall reading about Secretariat's first crop and one of the concerns was that Sec wasn't "stamping" his get. They didn't look like him. It was considered a negative that his offspring bore far more resemblance to their respective dams than to Big Red. Breeders took it as a sign that they wouldn't have near his talent. Interestingly, his first good son, General Assmbly DID look like Sec. Of course Risen Star looked nothing like his sire, so there!
Discreet Cat's brother is entered as an MTO so they clearly are not looking for a grass race for him now.