As I said, at least to ME. Yes solids are rare to ME because I breed FOR pinto LOLOL!!Two of my three are completely solid, Robin
Ohhhhh....I'm a little slow todayAs I said, at least to ME. Yes solids are rare to ME because I breed FOR pinto LOLOL!!
If any of your mares is homozygous for pinto (you can test for that) then you will always get pinto when bred to your palomino stud - or any stud for that matter. Now, just because the foal is genetically a pinto, it might not LOOK like one. Of course a horse can only be homozygous for pinto if booth parents were pinto (and same pattern) and again, they can be pinto genetically without looking like pintos. Complicated, but testing would help.
Nakar Caspers Bandito - stud I know he has a silver geneWell, depending on what she looks like and the appy genes she's inherited, you might have OTHER surprises!!!
What are the registered names of the horses? It might be interesting to "see" what might be hiding out in the pedigree, to see what the possibilities of "hidden" genes could be. I'd love to look them up and see!
ThanksShe is just a goldmine for appaloosa! Many times these "solid" appaloosas are the ones that throw the most GORGEOUS spotted babies!!! That's why so many of us appaloosa breeders have the "solid" appaloosa mares -- they generally throw just beautifully! It's just hard to explain to some people that "solid" appaloosas are the type of mares you like to see in a herd for breeding. They don't have to HAVE spots to THROW spots!
From her pedigree I see she's produced 2 appaloosa babies -- the one you got this year, and a black appaloosa in 2006! Fantastic!!
I would be expecting another "spotted" patterned baby!! I just can't wait!!!
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