Black Thoroughbreds

amydfrom73 · Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:18 pm

Monopolise (GB) 2020 black gelding (Showcasing (GB) x Simply Me (GB) by New Approach (IRE))

Mylute · Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:37 am

Mylute wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:02 am Winner Mendenhall (POTN - Mamma Kimbo) is available at New Vocations.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231129150 ... etail/1207
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... nhall/2019

His great-grandmother is Canadian champion Deputy Jane West.

He is available again!
https://newvocations.org/horse_detail/1207
https://archive.ph/fcN94

Gemini · Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:44 am

Surely Domestic Product is a true black, especially when you see him next to other horses who are dark bay/brown.

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... oduct/2021

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:13 am

Vigorous Days (Shigeru Kaga x Shigeru Mimasaka), 2yo colt

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:17 am

Ask I'll Be There (Kizuna x Kyoei Karura), 3yo colt

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:21 am

Excel Gold (Gold Actor x Eri Tiara), 3yo colt

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:24 am

Chiaro Veloce (Maurice x Pyxis), 3yo colt

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:26 am

Love Comedy (No Nay Never x Sweet Charity), 3yo filly

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 5:29 am

Blue Whirl (Arrogate x Ignite), 3yo colt

Delamont · Wed May 08, 2024 8:40 am

peepswifeyy wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 5:13 am
Vigorous Days (Shigeru Kaga x Shigeru Mimasaka), 2yo colt

Ooo, prettyyyy. Thanks. Interesting that so many blacks are Japanese horses. Sunday Silence influence?

peepswifeyy · Wed May 08, 2024 12:55 pm

Delamont wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 8:40 am
peepswifeyy wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 5:13 am
Vigorous Days (Shigeru Kaga x Shigeru Mimasaka), 2yo colt
Ooo, prettyyyy. Thanks. Interesting that so many blacks are Japanese horses. Sunday Silence influence?

Nope, same color prevalence as in any other country.

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed May 08, 2024 9:40 pm

I don't know about other jurisdictions, but it seems to me that the Japanese have a particular fondness for black horses.
I see more black/darkdark brown horses watching races from Japan than elsewhere.

Mylute · Wed May 29, 2024 2:18 pm

Geriatrix (by Almanzor) is registered brown.
https://www.breednet.com.au/news/30567/ ... lian-debut

Thumbsucker · Wed May 29, 2024 6:26 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:40 pm I don't know about other jurisdictions, but it seems to me that the Japanese have a particular fondness for black horses.
I see more black/darkdark brown horses watching races from Japan than elsewhere.

Most are sired by Sunday Silence , his sons, grandsons etc.

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed May 29, 2024 7:46 pm

Japan also acquired black/darkdark brown stallions like War Emblem, Roses In May and Shanghai Bobby. I think there are others, but the names escape atm.

Retrospectiv · Thu May 30, 2024 10:09 am

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:40 pm I don't know about other jurisdictions, but it seems to me that the Japanese have a particular fondness for black horses.
I see more black/darkdark brown horses watching races from Japan than elsewhere.

It's a simple matter of genetics.
Most TBs are bay (E_ A_), so have at least one copy of Dominant agouti (A). To get a black horse (E_ aa), you need a horse with dominant extension (E) and recessive agouti (a)
The more black or red (recessive agouti) horses you have to breed, the better chances of producing more of them.