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Correct Foal Color
Identification:
1. Add the specific champagne colors, Amber, Classic, Gold, Amber Cream, Classic Cream and Gold Cream to the choices for champagne foal registrations. The choice of Champagne alone should be removed because the specific colors are very distinct and are all documented. Criteria for selecting these colors will need to be documented including the unique eye color and the effect of the dilution on the various base coat colors and testing for red/black factors mandatory. Allow refinement of color to be included in the markings section. 2. Add Silver as a color modifier choice for foal registrations. The choice of Silver as a modifier will allow it to be added to any base color but proof of the existence won't be easy since there is no test for the gene. Current information doesn't provide an accurate color description of the foal. Criteria for selecting these colors will need to be documented including the unique eye color and the effect of the dilution on the various base coat colors and testing for red/black factors mandatory. .
3. Add Smoky Black and Smoky Cream dilution colors to the choices for foal registrations. When breeding double dilutes to black, it will always dilute black to smoky black with 1 cream gene and because they aren't really black and smoky black isn't given as a choice, they are currently being registered as whichever color they more closely resemble when foal application is being prepared. They are being registered as black, bay, chestnut or brown because there is no other option although none of the colors are correct and are genetically impossible if one parent is a double dilute (cremello, perlino or smoky cream). 4. Remove choices of colors that are genetically incorrect specifically roan, grey roan, white roan, chestnut sorrel and yellow because they are not valid colors. Roan and grey are color modifiers and should be selected as a modification of a foal birth color. 5. Colors choice suggestions to select are:
6. Color modifying choices should be:
7. Color pattern choices should be:
8. Create a “TWHBEA Color Genetics 101” booklet to be published as a handy reference for the TWHBEA Staff and for breeders and owners to use that is very basic and easy to understand. It would include a sample worksheet check list for breeders to use to determine foal colors and to assist TWHBEA to ensure the color choice was correct. 9. Create a Foal Registration worksheet to be a supplemental page with the foal registration applications to be completed and submitted with foal registration to TWHBEA. The worksheet would include the color of skin, eyes, mane and tail as well as the hair coat color at birth and at 3 months and after shedding foal coat. Changes of color are done free for up to the 1st birthday. 10. Establish controls in the Peds computer program to reject color choices that don't meet basic genetic criteria for color inheritance for the foal applicant. 11. Create a TWHBEA form letter with a checklist for discrepancies found and a checklist for requesting additional documentation. Allow space for additional unlisted circumstances. 12. Review all rejected foal registrations that have color discrepancies by comparing to color genetics criteria to be established by TWHBEA to determine possible solutions to why the foal color doesn't meet color inheritance requirements and how to resolve the issue. 13. Prepare form letter explaining discrepancy and request clarification and photos of foal and/or of parent(s) in question. 14. Establish a tracking system to identify types of discrepancies found and source of submissions. Excessive discrepancies would be reviewed for additional actions to be determined by a committee established for that purpose. 15. If the excessive discrepancies are of a nature that impacts on the integrity of the registry, a Special Investigator for the Enforcement Committee would initiate a surprise herd check where the breeder/owner would be required to produce all registration papers and a complete herd check would be made matching papers to horses and upon completion, a report identifying discrepancies would be presented to the Executive Board with recommendations of action to be taken against individual(s) and if necessary that registrations be cancelled on horses found to have fraudulent registrations or irresolvable errors. Elsie
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