Originally Posted by patchesofheaven74
Hi guys. I'm soo horribly confused on strawberry roan and red roan.
I know what they look like but i'm unsure how they are genetically different.
Is it the difference that one if chestnut with flaxen or what?
Thanks for the help.
Depends where you live. It's very regional. In most areas Strawberry Roan/Red Roan/Chestnut Roan are all the same, but some areas call Bay Roan/Red Roan the same.
My preferred usage (which they use in Welsh ponies
) is chestnut roan, bay roan and black roan (though blue roan isn't usually confused with anything else, so that one is usually more interchangable).