Review: E=black, A=bay, G=gray.
I know a 'bloody shoulder' marking may sound very violent and gory, but trust me. It's not.
A bloody shoulder marking is actually the exact same thing as a somatic mutation, but with a gray horse. In a gray horse's somatic mutation, the gray gene gets switched off in a certain area, leaving it colorful.
While the name bloody shoulder may seem a bit obvious as to the location of the mutation, bloody shoulder markings can happen anywhere on the body. The horse below has it on his face.
Here is a Bedouin legend about the bloody-shoulder mare: http://www.babsonarabians.com/Readers_Corner/Legend.htm
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