White patterns

Appearance

Natural white markings are allowed on any horse, regardless of their genotype.

Natural white markings are limited to the face and legs, where the minimal allowed is completely hidden, and the maximal allowed is a wide blaze (not extending past the eyes) and white socks reaching the knees

The markings can be mixed and matched freely, e.g. a large white blaze with no white legs, or white socks of different shapes with no face markings present.

Appearance

Tobiano is characterized by tall white socks connecting to the topline of the horse.

The coloured areas are usually round-shaped and appear as larger and smaller holes in the white pattern, starting from the head, chest and flanks but can also appear anywhere else on the body.

Facial markings should always be minimal, generally not exceeding the maximal area of Natural white.

It is not uncommon for tobianos to have a "split tail" appearance where half the tail is white and half the tail is colored (it can be split either way - white top and colored bottom, or colored top and white bottom).

Optional effect: Cat tracks

Cat tracks causes small spots or "holes" in the white markings, and can have a roaned or clumped-together appearance.

These small spots will affect mane/tail and hooves as shown in the examples.

Cat tracks are not written in the phenotype, a tobiano horse with cat tracks would still only be described as tobiano.

Optional effect: Calico

Calico tobiano causes large patches of darker and/or lighter color similar to the base coat.

The patches should have an apperance similar in shape to regular tobiano markings, and can also display cat tracks.

These calico patches can optionally affect mane and tail where it touches, but it is not required. White markings should still affect mane and tail where it touches.

Calico is not written in the phenotype, a calico tobiano horse is still only called tobiano.

Appearance

Sabino is characterized by white markings with very uneven/irregular or even roaned edges, starting from the legs and often causing white spotting on the belly, as well as bold white face markings.

Sabino horses often have white speckling throughout their coat, and subtle roaning.

Even as a maximally expressed sabino there should still be some coloured areas or speckling visible.

Optional effect: Silvertail

Even if sabino markings are minimal or barely visible at all, the tail can be fully or partially white.

A partial expression appears as a soft gradient where the bottom of the tail is white or much lighter than the base of the tail. A full expression makes the tail completely white.

Silvertail is not written in the phenotype, a silvertailed sabino horse is still only called sabino.

Optional effect: Badger face

Both sabino and overo can have the badger face marking, causing the white facial marking to have occluded spots, appearing as reversed blazes or white stripes along the sides of the head.

Appearance

Splash causes white markings appearing as if the horse has been dipped in white paint. The markings should always start from the hooves and bottom of the face, and extend upwards

The edges of the markings should be smooth/even, and not have roaning or holes. The only exception is the face, where the eyes and lips can have spots showing the base coat color.

Appearance

Blaise causes smooth white markings starting from the belly and extending across the throat, underside of the body and insides of the legs, similar to tuxedo cats. The white markings can "reach" toward the topline of the horse and cause a framed appearance where the under- and topline is covered in white, and the sides of the horse show the base colour.

Blaise doesn't extend down the legs further than the knees or the front of the face.

White leg and facial markings are only allowed limited by Natural white expressions, or if other white pattern genes are present.

Appearance

Overo (also known as Frame Overo) causes irregular white patterns on the sides, surrounded by a "frame" of the base color of the horse.

White markings on the face and legs are optional, overo white markings are allowed to extend down the legs but it is not required.

Optional effect: Badger face

Both sabino and overo can have the badger face marking, causing the white facial marking to have occluded spots, appearing as reversed blazes or white stripes along the sides of the head.

Appearance

Dominant white causes the horse to have fully white hairs and pink skin throughout the entire coat, regardless of any other present patterns.

Optional effect: Pseudo-albino

Dominant white can optionally appear as a near-opaque white layer instead - on top of the underlying color and patterns, causing even a black coat to appear as a bright, near-white pink/peach/yellow with soft pink skin. Other white patterns will still appear as white.

Pseudo-albino will always be in the pink/orange/yellow color range, regardless of other dilutes and base colors. The only exception is if the Blue dilute is present, then you may choose if the coat is pink/orange/yellow or more grey/slate blue. The skin may still (optionally) be pink on a pseudo-albino blue horse, including pink eyes and pink/beige hooves.

Pseudo-albino causes the hooves to be pink or light beige, and the eyes to be light red/pink/salmon/golden.

Appearance

Roan causes the coat on the body to have evenly mixed white and colored hairs.

Roan does not affect the mane or tail, and generally avoids the head and legs

The amount of white hairs varies between each horse, as well as the "even-ness" - it can appear slightly varnished or textured.

Optional effect: Corn spots

Corn spots on roan causes small "holes" in the roaning where the base coat is visible.

Additionally, on roaned horses scars and injuries can have the fur grow back in the same color as the base coat, without roaning.

Optional effect: Reverse dapples

Roan can have a reversed dapple effect, with dark dapple spots on the roaned areas. These dapples can be anywhere from just subtly darker, to completely showing the basecoat underneath. A roan with heavy dapple effect can appear as white lacing on the coat, as shown on the third example.

Appearance

Rabicano has a similar appearance to roan with white hairs mixed with the colored coat, but has a more brindled or striped appearance and starts from the flank, elbow and throat area.

Rabicano starts from the belly and reaches upwards, and can connect to the topline.

Optional effect: Skunk tail

An iconic characteristic of rabicano is the "skunk tail" that causes white striping in the tail.

It can appear as white hairs on the outside edges of the tail similar to dun frosting, or as horizontal white striping along the tail, or both.

Skunk tail markings/stripes can optionally extend further along the back, as shown in the 2nd and 3rd example images.

Appearance

Mottle causes white spots of varying sizes anywhere on the body. The size can be anywhere from as small as freckles to large spots similar to leopard appaloosa.

Optional effect: Clumping

Mottled spots can clump together and form any pattern, as long as they are still recognizable as clumped spots and not stripes/markings with "clean" straight edges.

Appearance

Leopard appaloosa causes white appaloosa patterns with many spots of varying sizes. The spots should appear as holes in the white markings, showing the base coat underneath.

Leopard appaloosa can have very roaned edges on the white markings.

Mane and tail will be affected where white markings touch, however in the case of a blanket pattern it is optional whether it affects the mane/tail or not.

Optional effect: Dark spots

Leopard appaloosa can have much darker spots than the main coat present, filling in the holes in the pattern or even appearing outside.

Dark spots can optionally affect mane and tail where they touch.

Optional effect: Snowflake

Snowflake causes a "reverse leopard" appearance, with white spots on a colored coat.

The white spots should be smaller than regular appaloosa spots, and can have a roaned appearance.

Snowflake appaloosa can be combined with other leopard appaloosa patterns, such as blanket leopard appaloosa and dark spots shown in the examples below.

Optional effect: Varnish

Leopard appaloosa can have a varnished appearance, with a heavily roaned uneven pattern as if the white has been sandpapered off.

There should still be a spotted leopard pattern present on varnished leopard appaloosa, or snowflake appaloosa spots.

Optional effect: Mismarked

Mismarked appaloosa causes random areas to be absent of white, or have the dark spots/holes clumped together so tightly that they form larger splotches of color.

Mismarked can appear anywhere on the body and in any size.

Optional effect: Peacock

The peacock appaloosa effect causes the spots to have a white halo and speckling around them.

Peacock appaloosa can be combined with other leopard appaloosa patterns, such as blanket leopard appaloosa shown in the example below.

Appearance

Fewspot appaloosa causes white appaloosa patterns with few or no spots. If any spots are present they should be very small.

Fewspot appaloosa can have very roaned edges on the white markings.

Mane and tail will be affected where white markings touch, however in the case of a snowcap pattern it is optional whether it affects the mane/tail or not.

Optional effect: Snowflake

Snowflake causes a "reverse leopard" appearance, with white spots on a colored coat.

The white spots should be small, and can have a roaned appearance.

Snowflake appaloosa can be combined with other fewspot appaloosa patterns, such as snowcap fewspot appaloosa.

Optional effect: Varnish

Fewspot appaloosa can have a varnished appearance, with a heavily roaned uneven pattern as if the white has been sandpapered off.

Optional effect: Mismarked

Mismarked appaloosa causes random areas to be absent of white patterns.

Mismarked can appear anywhere on the body and in any size.