Left is Whiting's Smoky Debonair (Foxton Debonaire X Foxton Fawn), 2000 silver gelding, owned by Carroll Whiting of Blue Rapids KS, and on the right is his full sister Whiting's Fancy Star, f. 1999, now owned by Joyce Urroz. Photo in 2000, courtesy of Mr. Carroll Whiting.


Here is another picture of Whiting's Fancy Star (Foxton Debonair X Foxton Fawn), 1999 silver mare. You can see how much darker she is in her non-sunbleached winter coat here. She was a coming two year old in this picture, and you can see a yearling picture of her in her summer coat on the Morgan Colors website. Photo courtesy of her owner Joyce Urroz.


Whiting's Bright Star (Foxton Blackjack X Foxton Fawn), 1998 silver dapple mare owned by Karlene Gose of Inyan Kara Morgans. This mare's mane and tail have darkened considerably as she has aged; as a weanling she looked much like her half sister Fancy pictured above. Age-darkened silvers generally do retain a bit of silver hair in the forelock, on the ends of the mane, and tailhead; otherwise, they may look very much like a dark chestnut or sun faded black. First photo courtesy of Shery Jesperson; second photo courtesy Janine Welsh.


Inyan Kara Silver Sage (Hmstd Rum Runner X Whitings Bright Star), 2006 buckskin silver colt owned by Karleen Gose of Inyan Kara Morgans. Sage's points show how the silver gene acts on what would otherwise be the black points of a buckskin- the chocolate leg coloring and silvered mane and tail can be clearly seen. This colt's buckskin-only half siblings, shown in the pictures with him, provide a contrast with their undiluted points. Photos courtesy of Shery Jesperson.


Another silver dapple offspring of Foxton Fawn is S Bar B Blacksaddle Chester, sired by H-Saracen (smoky black). Chester, foaled in 1994, sired just two foals before he was gelded- a bay mare and the silver stallion pictured next.


Zeulner's Sunka Wakan (S Bar B Blacksaddle Chester X Zeulner's Marvelous Melody), 1998 bay silver stallion, owned by Zeulner's Morgans in Oregon and standing at stud there. Sunka was the first officially confirmed silver dapple Morgan via the Red Factor test. He has also produced a bay foal when bred to a chestnut mare, which is another way to prove (as chestnut to chestnut always produces chestnut) that he is not chestnut, but a bay/black based silver.


Zeulner's Marvelous Robert (Zeulner's Sunka Wakan X Zeulner's Marvelous Melody), 2001 chestnut (carrying silver) stallion, owned by MiaMar Morgans. Robert was the first chestnut Morgan to be identified as carrying silver via the new (October 2006) silver dapple test. Photo courtesy of Bobbie Zeulner.


Zeulner's Linda Lee (Zeulner's Marvelous Robert X Zeulner's Marvelous Ruth), 2005 chestnut (carrying silver) mare owned by MiaMar Morgans. Linda Lee was the second chestnut Morgan proven to carry the silver gene via the silver dapple test. Pictured here as a yearling. Photo courtesy of Bobbie Zeulner.


Zeulner's Silver Legacy (Zeulner's Sunka Wakan X Oregon N Blksaddle Ecstacy), 2005 black silver (tested homozygous black) colt owned by Sterling Morgan Horses of AZ. Inset photo shows Silver at a few days of age; larger photo as a weanling. Photo courtesy of Bobbie Zeulner.


Schaenzer's Silver Eagle (Zeulner's Sunka Wakan X Granaway Bonne Amie), 2004 dark bay/brown silver dapple stallion owned by Susanna Schaenzer of Rainbow's Gait Ranch, pictured in the first photo as a newborn and in the second as a yearling. Photos courtesy of Suzanna Schaenzer.

The Amanda's Suzie Q line of silver Morgans


Crimson Jack (Cloverlane Andrew X Donnie's Lass), 1975 chestnut (carrying silver) stallion. Unfortunately this stallion had only seven offspring, including the dam of Amanda's Suzie Q (pictured below), Taha Holly Q. There may still be more silver dapple or chestnut (carrying silver) offspring from this line (or closely related individuals from his chestnut carrying silver dam, Donnie's Lass), out there!


Amanda's Suzie Q (Devan King X Taha Holly Q), 1994 chestnut mare owned by Tamara Dirrim of Hamilton, Indiana. Suzie has the silver dapple gene, but it does not show on her because being chestnut, she has no black hair to dilute. Pictured with Suzie is her 1998 bay silver Morab filly by Blu Teal, Tamar's Silk N Satin. In 2004, Suzie produced a dark bay/brown silver colt (by the black Morgan stallion, Carbide Smoke), TMV Silver Hawk, who is pictured below. To see more of Suzie and her silver dapple offspring, visit Tamars Ventures Arabians and Morabs. The silver dapple gene is coming through Suzie's dam Taha Holly Q (chestnut) by Crimson Jack (chestnut) who is out of Donnie's Lass (chestnut) and follows back in tail female through several more generations of chestnuts to the mare Dan's Baby, by Dan. Photo courtesy of Tam Dirrim.


TMV Silver Hawk (Carbide Smoke X Amanda's Suzie Q), 2004 bay silver dapple colt owned by Tamara Dirrim, Tamars Ventures Arabians and Morabs. Pictured left in winter coat as a coming yearling, and on the right in May 2005. Photos courtesy of Tam Dirrim.


TMV Taylor Made (Finally's Mr. Andy X Amanda's Suzy Q), 2007 buckskin silver colt owned by Tamara Dirrim, Tamars Ventures Arabians and Morabs. The darker areas in "Taylor's" mane and tail, which would be black if he was buckskin-only, are diluted to a grayish-chocolate by the action of the silver gene. After he sheds his foal coat, his lower legs will have chocolate colored points as well. (UC Davis tested Ee AA Zz; not tested for cream but sire is a perlino, so no need). Photo courtesy of Tamara Dirrim.
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