Examples of horses with flaxen mane and tail


Icelandic: Glófext.
Description: Red body colour and mane
Saga from Ysta-Mói
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Golden waves!
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Liver chestnut with flaxen mane. Fína from Þorbjargarstöðum
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Lipurtá from Ási I.
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Light chestnut with flaxen mane.
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A chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, and blaze. Gleði from Langhúsum.
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Medium chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, and blaze. Þor from Langhúsum.
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Medium chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, and blaze. Nös from Langhúsum.
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Some genetics:
The flaxen colour is on the F-locus. The flaxen mane is caused by one recessive gene, f, so horses with flaxen mane have a ff gene-combination.
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