Black beauty born Silver, When your Friesian foal is born silver.

Teddy

When black beauty pops out all shiny black and wobbly you get very excited because you have your very

own beautiful black Friesian horse.

But then your beauty starts to dry and you notice they are not black, but a rare shiny beautiful platinum silver color. The panic starts to set in... can I register a grey Friesian? Will they be black? Why are their eyes a silvery color also? Will I get my deep black soulful eyes?

Teddy

It's rare but it's also special. Getting a platinum baby is dependent on the blood lines. Maiko 373 is know to have lots of silvery babies and his sire Tsjerk 328 P also had several. At Sable Ranch (www.sableranch.net) There are about 2-3 born each year. There are lots of theories as to if it means the horse is going to grow to be non fade black but they end up maturing to be as normal as if they were born their mature and genetically pre determined adult color.

Mambo

Teddy

 

 

 

As the foal grows up you will notice that the sun makes the silvery color turn almost yellow or tan so they go from the photo on the left to the photo on the right. It's a very cute puffy yellowy mocha coat.

Pythja

Oje born silver

 A little later they start to loose that fuzzy baby coat. They even can get the cutest Mask of Zorro eyes as their adult coat pears through. Then they reveal to you the true splendor of their black coat. They usually will still have the yellowy tips on their mane and tail from when they were first born but with time that will break of naturally.

Some foals that were born black have the same faded baby coat if they are out

in the pasture playing (like all babies should be!) See the photos of the colts below. One born silver, one born black, both born about the same time and living together.



Nemo born black

Mambo born silver



Here are the 2 boys from above at almost 2 years old, guess which one was the one born silver... They even both have the lightened tips from the sun from being foals but a both clearly JET black. They live in the pasture and don't have any blankets/rugs on at any time.

Mambo left and Nemo right

Here are photos of foals that were born silver and the photos are of them over 1 year old showing that they will be on their way to black in not time. If you have adult photos of a Friesian horse that was born silver and want them on this blog please send them to Allison@sableranch.net.

Oje as a yearling that was born silver



Teddy on the right born silver showing blonde mane

 

As they grow  you may notice that the mane will face out faster on a silver horse. There is no problem with that as the mane replaces itself with age the blonde tips from when they were silver will darken, or you can trim the ends exposing the black hairs at the root. But we don't get concerned by the yellowing from the sun when they are young.

 

In summary don't get to worried if your Friesian foal dries off and is a platinum gem. It's rare and it's special and it makes for fun baby coat colors. As you can see from the older horses photos, those sterling eyes darken to the deep soulful black that we all love in the Friesians. Even to keep a foal coat of a black born baby black would require some stabling or blanketing. But at the end of the day they are babies so they should be out playing in the sun and growing up to be the best beautiful Friesian that we know they will be!

If you are interested in having a chance to get your very own platinum colored baby contact Sable Ranch at Allison@sableranch.net to either breed your mare to Maiko 373 Sport, or to select from one of the beautiful foals that they have every year (they usually have 2-3 a year)  www.sableranch.net

Maiko is non fade black and never has a blanket/rug on and lives outdoors full time.