Rabicano
RbRb / nRb
Effects
- Skin: skin will be light pink under any white patterns
- Horns and hooves: hooves will be light where white leg markings connect [Horn & hoof color guide]
- Eye color: no effect on eye color [Eye color guide]
- White patterns cause a lack of color pigment in the coat, resulting in pink skin and white hairs. Skin will always be pink under white markings, even if blue dilute is present.
- Modifiers, Dilutions and Patterns must always go under white patterns, and are also not allowed to "appear" to go over white patterns.
- Can generally cause blue eyes if the white markings reach the eyes, unless otherwise specified.
- Hooves and horns will be lighter when affected by white.
- The minimum expression of each white pattern (except natural white which is optional) can only be reduced with Occlusion, which can partially or fully "turn off" or hide genes.
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.
At minimal expression rabicano needs to have some roaning around the flank.
Rabicano starts from the belly and reaches upwards, and can connect to the topline.
Minimal rabicano
chestnut + rabicano
Rabicano
chestnut + rabicano
Maximal rabicano
chestnut + rabicano
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.
Skunk tail
bay + rabicano
Raccoon tail with white tail stripes
bay + rabicano
Skunk tail with raccoon stripes
bay + rabicano