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Palomino + Sooty

Sooty Chestnut

Red + Sooty

SOOTY

Description:
The SOOTY/SMUTTY factor is generally believed to be responsible for most the liver chestnut, chocolate palomino, sooty buckskin, sooty dun, mahogany bay, and brown colored horses. Sometimes counter-shading pattern can appear to be a form of striping, but not including leg barring unless the Dun factor is involved as well. Some foals are born with what appears to be a dorsal stripe, which will spread out over the back and sides as the foal matures. Foals born bay with a counter-shading stripe will generally turn mahogany bay. Foals born charcoal gray with a counter-shading stripe will mature black. They are usually mistaken for Grullo's which are born yellow to light gray, and turn mouse gray as they mature. Foals born chestnut with a counter-shading stripe will usually become a darker or liver chestnut. This factor is not at this time recognized by N.Q.H.R. as a separate color, but as an additive factor on several base colors.

Sooty Palomino

Palomino + Sooty

Sooty Bay

Bay + Sooty

Sooty Buckskin

Buckskin + Sooty

Sooty Red Dun

Red Dun + Sooty

Young Sooty Chestnut (She shed out to liver colored)

Chestnut + Sooty

Sooty Perlino

Perlino + Sooty

MEALY, PANGARE

Description:
The MEALY or PANGARE factor is another form of ancient protective shading which causes the belly and muzzle of a red horse to become blonde. Some examples of this may be the blond sorrel, mealy muzzled bay, and seal brown counter-shading. Generally this factor is seen most often on red draft horses, donkeys, and mules. This factor is not at this time recognized by the N.Q.H.R. as a separate color, but as a modifying pattern.

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