Often called a chocolate palomino, this coloring is more likely a Silver Dapple –a true black horse with a modifying gene (Z). The Silver Dapple gene turns the black hairs of the mane and tail to a silvery white, and the body color to a chocolate. A true chocolate palomino is a liver chestnut with a Cream gene. (ee, Cr).
This morgan is a silver dapple, often confused with a chocolate palomino. A silver dapple a true black horse with a modifying gene (Z). The Silver Dapple gene turns the black hairs of the mane and tail to a silvery white, and the body color to a chocolate. A true chocolate palomino is a liver chestnut with a Cream gene. (ee, Cr).
This Gypsy Vanner mare shows the more typical dappling of this color. She is Lady Godiva, imported and owned by Mulberry Lane Farms
