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Here is #2, black appy colt and does he have legs!!!

So appy breeders, what is he??? Blanket with spots, snowcap, fewcap????

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Yes both parents are appy.

Here is a picture of his sire and you can see his dam in the pictures above.

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Oh my my my you really got lucky! He's wonderful!!!! Big contrats to you!
 
I would call him a snowcap -- but I think you're going to see a lot more white under that foal coat. Looks like the white continues down the hind legs and forward too. Can't wait to see him out of his baby jammies! Pretty boy and I LOVE the long legs!
 
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What a cutey! I think appaloosa is such a wonderful color [everyone of them is different] and those legs are a mile long.
 
He's just beautiful!! Appy breeders can try for years to get a colored foal like that! Congrats! And I, too, would call him a snowcap.
 
There are 'false snowcaps'- not often but it does occur, which means they look like one, but would not be homozygous as one parent was not Appy. If both sire and dam are, he is a snowcap! Congrats on your new leggy little guy!
 
He is awfully cute. I don't know too much about appaloosa coloring and am eager to learn. I sure hope you'll post photos in the future so we can see how he turns out.
 
Since both parents are appaloosa then he's a snowcap.. Daddy looks like he's varnish roan, so don't be surprised if he varnishes too!
 
Yes I so MOST of the homozygous Minis do roan out a lot on what ever little color they might have had. The big guys dont do that as often it seemed.
 
Gorgeous. I sure love those appys. I had a snowcap appy, they are soooo pretty and one of my favorite appy colors, no wait... haha.. I love all the appy colors!. Not sure if you have had appys for awhile or are new to appy and you probably know this already, but for educational purposes I thought I would mention that certain appy coat patterns are are linked to night blindness. Snowcap appys is one of those coat patterns. For all of the patterns you can google the appaloosa project. This isn't bad and appy folks know it and it isn't a big deal, but it helps with raising your appy to know that he will have limited vision once the sun goes down. For my boy I put up low lighting solar lights in my paddock and near where they loafed at night. I put the solar driveway lights on the other side of the fence. (tried on the posts and the horses had a great time ripping them down.). A friend of mine uses christmas rope lights along her fenceline. There were nights I got home after dark and would have to go out to the field and lead him to the paddock because he would be out there standing in the dark and wouldn't move. I would always talk to him and not just walk up on him outside in the dark and surprise him. Anyway, your boy is gorgeous. Just thought I would add an educational note to your thread. I so appreciated my boys breeder explaining it to me, it was a lightbulb experience with raising my boy. PS, when I accidently left a fly mask on after dark, it limited his eyesight to almost zero. Low light and daylight he could see just fine. Congratulations on your colored baby. Some appy breeders wish and wish on a star for a snowcap or fewcap or fewspot or any color appy baby. Appys are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. best wishes:)

http://www.appaloosaproject.info/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=31

I attached the link to the appaloosa project frequently asked questions in case my explanation above is lacking or errored. I find the reading and study of appys fastinating, they are my favorite breed and color of horses.
 
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Thanks for the link, shorthorsemom. I will read this later when I have time. I love the appaloosa coat colors, but would like to know much more about the vision issues.
 
What a beautiful colt! I'd love to follow his color changes as he matures.

Do you own his sire?

Congratulations.
 
Thanks for the link, shorthorsemom. I will read this later when I have time. I love the appaloosa coat colors, but would like to know much more about the vision issues.
The 2005-06 study on Night Blindness by Sandmeyer et al revealed that CSNB is associated with Appaloosa coat patterning of a specific type. Appaloosas with coat patterns indicating they are homozygous for LP (fewspots & snowcaps) are affected. Appaloosas that are heterozygous for LP are not affected by CSNB (blanketed, leopards, etc.) Horses that are true solid non-characteristic Appaloosas, with no dominant copies of LP, are not affected by CSNB either.

As an appaloosa breeder, I've had horses with night blindness, and found that simply leaving on the barn light or an outside light if the horse was left outside, was all it took to keep them happy. The light needs to be bright enough to read a book by, and should provide light to see their water and feed. Generally, in the nighttime, the nightblind horses didn't move from the circle of light, and were happiest in the barn under lights at night -- especially any snowcap or fewspot mare with a foal.

One of my snowcap mommas was really panicky at night, and once she foaled, she couldn't find her foal in the dark, so she was gratefully stalled every night with her young foal. Once baby was strong and followed momma's directions, she was happy to be outside with her baby as long as the barn light was on. She'd let baby wander outside the light, but one call from momma was all it took to have baby racing back to her.

These horses require no more real "care" then the others, as long as you allow for them not being able to see in the dark -- so your pasture must be safe for them. They tend to shy from shadows, and may not want to enter dark trailers -- so you just accomodate them by turning the trailer so the inside is lit by the sun. Other than being aware of the inability to see in the shadows/nighttime, you won't notice much difference in caring for them.

One mare I had, the prior owners never knew she was nightblind. She'd managed for years without anyone making accomodations for her. I discovered it when someone left the gate open to one of the pastures, and all the horses went out to the lawn except her -- she was standing still in the middle of the pasture looking around and quite panicked at not "feeling" the presence of her friends. After that, a light was put up the next day -- and all was well.

To me, making accomodations for this condition is just part of being an appaloosa breeder.

Remember, many horses become adapted to their condition, since it is present at birth, and does not change over time.
 
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Castle Rock Miniatures:

Thank you for the explanation. I've read and been confused; this helped. I've been so worried about some of this stuff, because not only was our Nicky injured, he had some other issues going on. We had an eye specialist look at him, but I've been worried with our baby.

From what you say, I think we're safe. Nicky is a leopard. Our mare Coco is mostly solid color, with only limited appaloosa characteristics, although Coco's dad is a leopard. So hopefully, Baby's eyes are o.k.
 

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