Veilhorn Steed

Sabino

SbSb / nSb

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: eyes can optionally be blue if the white face markings reach the eyes [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

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.

At minimal expression sabino needs to have medium-tall white socks on all four legs and a white face marking.

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.

Minimal sabino

Minimal sabino

chestnut + sabino

Sabino

Sabino

chestnut + sabino

Maximal sabino

Maximal sabino

chestnut + sabino


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.

Solid white silvertail

Solid white silvertail

chestnut + sabino

Partial silvertail

Partial silvertail

bay + sabino

Subtle partial silvertail

Subtle partial silvertail

chestnut + 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.

Broken badger face

Broken badger face

chestnut + sabino

Asymmetrical badger face

Asymmetrical badger face

bay + sabino

Thin lined badger face

Thin lined badger face

chestnut + sabino

Thick lined badger face

Thick lined badger face

chestnut + sabino

Half badger face

Half badger face

bay + sabino

Occluded blaze badger face

Occluded blaze badger face

chestnut + sabino

Reversed badger face

Reversed badger face

chestnut + sabino