Mystery Horse May 2018 – Horse Genetics

Those legs are silver or cream rather than having white markings. His mane and tail are light and his body is brown.

Zeus (a very handsome fellow!) is a brumby passively culled from the herds in the Kosciuszko National Park. He’s our next horse in the mystery colour program. What colour do you think he is? What colour genes should we test him for?

A rear 3/4 shot of Zeus. His light mane and tail, light legs and dorsal stripe are all visible.

There’s no information on his parentage or even on what colours have previously been found in these herds so there are no clues as to what he might be …