CR Lakota Renegade- my stallion- sorry not a great pic.... Out of the first 26 horses in his pedigree, 22 are loud Appies- covering both sides.
Varnish roan mare - sire and dam are both Appies. She has had six or seven foals now- all have been born with at least characteristics or color- so all Appy foals by 3 different Appy studs. She has roaned out more since this photo.
This is my near leopard mare- her spots are tiny all over her body so hard to see in a pic... Both her sire and dam are Appy- her sire a leopard, her dam was a snowflake. She has had two foals- one a few spot and one solid.
Nutmeg is a frosty roan- she has a few white hairs through her body but it's mostly over her rear, flanks, etc.. like her Appy dam was. Her sire was an Appy also. Dont have a good recent body shot- sorry. She has had one foal, sired by the leopard, who was born solid with characteristics and he had a few white hairs coming in.
And here is Dream... she has roaning but hard to see in a pic- her sire is a black leopard, but her dam is a solid buckskin with no Appy breeding. Not a good photo of her, but shows the roaning some throughout her body - it came in more as summer progressed. The solid colt with her with NO appy characteristics is her 07 foal sired by the leopard stallion. Her 06 foal was born with characteristics and is roaning out all over and her first foal, also by an Appy stallion, was a snowcap.
Snowcaps are always noted for roaning out some for some reason. Few spots will get you the color (if it's a TRUE fewspot- many 'fakes' are passed off as one) but to get a few spot you must have something in the pedigree- sire or grandparent that is a leopard.
I have picked my herd to find horses with the most Appaloosa background of quality I can find- stronger gene pool.
All four of these mares are bred to my leopard this year, so am very excited to see what I get THIS time!
Just edited to note, they are finding out more about the Appaloosas all the time and what makes for a better color producer- right down to the size of the spots!! Very interesting!