For the amateur Kentucky Derby bettor, horse ... eight were gray or roan. West Saratoga is likely to attract more interest as his trainer, Larry Demeritte, is set to be the first Black trainer ...

which lightens as the horse gets older. A gray foal can be born chestnut, bay, brown or black but eventually loses pigmentation and turns gray. The last of such colts to win the Garland of Roses ...

Blowen said that several of his farm's gray residents have developed melanoma over the years, including 1991 Horse of the Year Black Tie Affair and 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Alphabet ...

Color is as good a reason as any for the casual Derby bettor, and gray horses have long held a special place in the hearts of that group. No gray or roan horse has won the Derby since Giacomo in 2005.

"Instead, gray horses are born with normal coat pigment -- like black or brown -- that gradually lightens as they age and eventually becomes gray or white." Whether a horse has two or three copies ...

About 3% of thoroughbred horses are grey. They are usually born black, chestnut or brown but soon become dappled, grey or white. "By taking our genetic map and mapping the markers on DNA collected ...

According to historians and experts, there are just fewer gray horses in the thoroughbred population compared to more traditional chestnut, bay, brown and black horses. But with almost light gray ...

which lightens as the horse gets older. A gray foal can be born chestnut, bay, brown or black but eventually loses pigmentation and turns gray. There have been only eight roan or gray horses to ...