"Mushroom"  -  a New Dilution or Silver Variant?

The Firth/Annandale Connection
 
The Firth Stud bred a number of "mushroom" coloured foals from a herd of mainly chestnut & cream chestnut dun ponies. They were registered variously as "cream", "dark cream" & "roan", often with "silver mane & tail".  It can be seen that the Firth ponies were very closely bred & most included a lot of Annandale ponies that traced to Avening & South Park lines, as does Lockinge Lucky Clover. We used Firth Honeyclover on a number of different coloured mares, including black & bay, but only 2 mares (both chestnut base colour, produced "mushroom" coloured foals. Kellas Charmion, chestnut dam of Kellas Chink of Gold & Kellas Chiffon, traces to Houlland, Avening and South Park lines. Grimpowood Tammy is cream chestnut dun, tracing to Houlland & South Park lines. Her sire is Grimpowood Bailey's Original, a "light dun", with 2 lines of Houlland,  that was probably also "mushroom".
 
Firth Honeyclover
cream chestnut dun, flaxen mane & tail		 Firth Glenclova
cream chestnut dun		 Honeyclover of Methven
cream chestnut dun		 Kirkbride Honeycomb
chestnut

Lockinge Lucky Clover
cream dun
Gigha of Annandale
chestnut, light mane & tail		 Remony Holm     chestnut
(traces to Houlland lines)

Falaise of Annandale
chestnut
Firth Honeysuckle
chestnut, flaxen mane & tail		 Honeyclover of Methven
cream chestnut dun		 Kirkbride Honeycomb
chestnut

Lockinge Lucky Clover
cream dun
Golden Fern of Annadale
chestnut, white mane & tail		 Golden Ducat of Annandale
chestnut

Fetlar of Annandale   black
 


Firth Honeyclover. Does not have black on knees in reality. Mane & tail are flaxen.

  


Grimpowood Tammy with Kellas Trinket, dun, at birth, by Firth Honeyclover


Kellas Trinket in winter coat, similar to summer colour. Mane & tail have dark hair throughout.

  


Trinket's face acquired considerable roaning over the years, giving the appearance of a blaze.


Kellas Torquil, dun, full brother to Trinket, at birth.

 


Kellas Torquil as an adult. He has a liver coloured dorsal stripe


Kellas Chink of Gold. Honeyclover x Kellas Charmion (chestnut mare below)

  


Kellas Chiffon. Honeyclover x Kellas Charmion (chestnut mare with Houlland & Avening lines).

 


Kellas Chiffon in winter coat. Tested for red & silver factors at the Swedish University at Uppsala as genetically chestnut, negative for silver.

  


Kellas Charmion, dam of Chiffon & Chink of Gold. Her mane & tail are flaxen, not white.
 
 
Grimpowood Tammy    cream chestnut dun, near white mane & tail Grimpowood Bailey's Original
dun (a light "mushroom" dun)		 Sabre of Chetwynd    cream chestnut dun Rusty of Houlland   chestnut

Speyside Golden Dawn   cream. Foal reg. chestnut
Barrel Edge Tulip   liver chestnut Earl of North-Wells    black

Taitswell Goldie    chestnut
Hardwicke Dinky   chestnut dun Bogs Recovery   grey roan & white Recovery of Berry  blue & white

Bogs Golden Reve  chestnut
Hookerswell Cheyanne    blue dun Bogs Golden Chiro    chestnut

Hookerswell Dawn    dun, black points
 
Speyside Golden Dawn was by Nugget of Houlland. Recovery of Berry was a grandson of Nord of Houlland. Bogs Golden Reve & Bogs Golden Chiro were both by Bramble of Houlland. Hookerswell Cheyanne traced to South Park lines.
 
Kellas Torquil was used on 2 mares, 1 black & 1 "mushroom". The black mare had a black foal & the "mushroom" mare had a "mushroom" foal. Trinket has thrown chestnut dun or chestnut to a chestnut stallion & a  "mushroom" foal to a "mushroom" stallion. Chiffon had a "mushroom" foal to a "mushroom" stallion. Charmion & Tammy have never thrown bay or black foals.
 

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