05/27/2026
Interesting little tidbit...
Poco Cha Ching a.k.a. Vegas...
By You Bet I'm Good and out of Last Poco Raindrop (our last producing daughter of Mr Poco Straw)
He can't sire a sorrel foal. Genetics is fun. In the simplest explanation...
In roan horses, the roan gene is attached to either the red or the black (speaking of a heterozygous black)
Vegas has the roan gene attached to his red. So, any time he throws the red gene, roan will go with it, creating a red roan. If he kicks out his black gene, making a black or bay based color, no roan. You can, however, get a black/bay based roan if the mare contributes the black and HE puts the red/roan genes in there.
On rare occasions the roan linkage can be broken. I think the occurrence is around 3%.