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Appaloosa color on a gray (wet gray).

So Sterling ([url]http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/sterling+request[/url]) is a registered characteristic appaloosa and most of the time it's all hidden behind gray hair. . but in the summer her hair thins enough that you can see how loudly patterned she is when she is wet! Decided to get some pics of her with her spots showing the other day. Appy people, what type of Appy gets more spots as they age? She didn't have but a few on her hind end when she was young and none of the belly white was there. [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4929091123_9f441f1f0a_z.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4929085597_e7ca9db022_z.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4929682386_596b9a16e2_z.jpg[/img] and this is my girl when she isn't wet! [img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs133.snc1/5690_11830474326…] She's 22 this year And that's all I've got. lol Just think it's interesting how much gray can mask.

rabbitsfizz Wed, 09/15/2010 - 14:00

Well, she quite [i]obviously [/i] has Sabino, or Splash but I am betting on Sabino, or she would not have a white face and white legs, but as to whether she has any actual [i]Appy[/i] characteristics, as opposed to those that can be confused with Appy, I guess we will never know as it does not seem that any sort of test is likely to come out in her life time!

equine_woman Wed, 09/15/2010 - 17:02

I probably wouldn't have her tested anyways, as far as I'm concerned she's an appy by blood so her color comes from that. And since I'm not breeding her again whatever she's got won't matter! But it is all very interesting!!! If she were 6 years old I'd have her tested the day it came out!

NZ Appaloosas Wed, 09/15/2010 - 19:24

[quote="Monsterpony"][quote="NZ Appaloosas"]
I've not heard of mottled skin (as we use to define the appy trait) being anywhere other than muzzle/lips, genitals, anus, eyes (not the lids, the area of flesh encircling the eye). The pink spots on her torso/neck would be where she would have had appy white if she didn't have grey (or roan out).

Your mare is yet another reason why we so desperately need the Lp test!

Diane[/quote]
I have pictures somewhere of an appy mare that has mottled skin all over her body and not a white hair on her.[/quote]

That's why I included "as we use to define the appy trait". For registration purposes, mottled skin is only looked for in the areas I listed, not the whole horse.

Diane

NZ Appaloosas Wed, 09/15/2010 - 19:26

[quote="AppyLady"]Hi EW! You know I think your horses are beautiful! Just wanted to add that she could have sabino as well as LP, and that might be confusing the issue. I've also seen the skin turn pink where the tack goes, especially the breast collar and cinch.

When I got the papers back on my palomino few-spot colt, the ApHC had called him a non-characteristic palomino! I figured they knew what a few-spot was, so I hadn't sent in close-ups of his characteristics. He had his neck shaved for an IV, and the skin was heavily mottled. I took pictures of that, and got his papers corrected.[/quote]

Hmmmm, while i'm glad he got his papers, that doesn't seem to be right...I know of people who have been denied regular papers because the mottling, in the normal areas, was not deemed to be "appy mottling", despite there being absolutely nothing else it could have been...but then I have my own opinion regarding the registrar and her "knowledge" level...

Diane

NZ Appaloosas Wed, 09/15/2010 - 19:28

[quote="equine_woman"]
I need to go shave Sonora! lol. [/quote]

Aha! Now i know who you are! LOL I've seen your photos of Sterling, etc. on the Appaloosa Project.

Diane

equine_woman Wed, 09/15/2010 - 20:11

I've never been to the Appaloosa project!!!! I'll go check it out!! Wonder if someone has snagged my photos! I'm on a couple other forums but not that one!

Hmmm. . .it's not a forum huh? Wonder if maybe Sterling has a doppelganger out there?

NZ Appaloosas Wed, 09/15/2010 - 20:18

Hmmmm, do you have a friend that's been finding out info, maybe? My old emails haven't been migrated over to the new laptop yet (bring on Tuesday when the tech squad shows up to do all my program transfers!!) so I can't pull up the app project emails.

Diane

NZ Appaloosas Thu, 09/16/2010 - 21:19

It is weird, since it was the horse names that made the penny drop. Computer tech's doing the switchover on Tuesday, so once that's done I can have a look-see.

Diane

equine_woman Sat, 12/04/2010 - 11:09

Finally uploaded Sterling's baby photos!! This was her as a weanling, probably 7 or 8 months old! These are scans of the back of her Appaloosa registration. She qualified for regular papers with no problems. .

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Not the greatest shots but better than nothing!!