Horse Color Modifiers - Flaxen
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The flaxen modifier only affects mane and tail color in chestnut based horses.
This gene displays in a white to cream colored mane and tail with a reddish body coat, and does not always affect the mane and tail to the same degree.
Not much is understood about this modifier, although it is thought to be a recessive gene, and it is often mistaken for a silver dapple.
Flaxen Rainbow
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November 17th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
[...] Image from Sunset Farms Chestnut base with a flaxen gene. [...]
November 19th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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