Equine Color Genetics

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Summary: Informative book for horsemen, laymen, and equine artists?
Review: Yes, this book is very informative on inheritance of color in the equine and is complete with a small section of color photos of both horses and donkies for examples. However, being an equine artist and horsewoman myself, I find this author's discussion of each color unclear, somewhat disorderly, and contradictive of itself. Many of the photos are of horses 'out of coat' and showing winter color rather than their true late spring/early summer coats that experts agree are best for examination of hair and patterns. Looking at the descriptons for some of the coat colors illustrated contradicts what the author himself has stated as being true for identifying certain colors, particularly as concerns the horse's points. He also uses out of date and vague terminology for roan colors and overo patterns. Although a great debt of thanks is owed to Dr. Sponenberg for his research in this relatively new area of study, I fear there are more readable authors (with more and better photo examples & detail shots) who are up to date on the research being done in this field today.