Head scratcher TBC...
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it migth be next weekend before i can get a "date" to see the animals(cross fingers!), all claim this is legit and not an accident DNA yada yada, stumbled onto this head scratcher as a friend and I have met this guy that is selling a bunch of Shining Spark "grand" offspring as he is very ill has the big "C" and this is a friend of his that is close by and they promised to let me get out with camera and data on this. I cant wait to see, I will keep pestering them to see this..but I have to work like an animal the rest of this week with hubby and this weekend maybe, but I will make time if she can get me over there.
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Prior to the AQHA removing their excessive white restriction, I would hazard that any such critter as what you're describing were previously gelded (if colt) and sold off as grades, and/or hardshipped into the ApHC as being of "unknown" parentage. Now that AQHA is allowing these horses to be registered, it's going to be interesting to see the pedigree links back to the "hidden" critter in the woodpile...
Diane
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[quote="dakotakdq"]wow very interesting!
NZ do you ahve pics of Remnic in SPots? i havent heard of him yet[/quote]
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[b]I found this but no pics yet.
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Here ya go:
[img]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/…]
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[quote="accphotography"]Here ya go:
[img]http://www.reinersworld.com/forsale/ima…]
Thanks for that...no two doubts he's sporting an appaloosa blanket!
Diane
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Photo of his grandsire is in his allbreed pedigree page...
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/reminic…" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Diane
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There's a thread on allbreed discussing him: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/node/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Whnywriter is Frank Holmes...he's a rather clued-in horse historian, specialty being QHs and apps, and he's an app breeder.
Diane
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Im wonderin about mutation or an inactive gene that gets active?grasping? is this how the color came about? I have worked all weekend but I will be getting up with these folks soon...I plan on going to see their other shining spark grand kids they have for sale...it seems that these "pop" ups are coming from reining blood. I find that intresting.
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That's interesting....and it actually makes sense!!
We already [i]know[/i]this happens with LWO, so it sets a precedent for it happening in some other area....we also know that it happens with Splash and Sabino, hence the "crop outs" that spontaneously happen in breeds not known to carry pattern, like TBs and Arabs, so why not Appy??
This does not explain "my" mare, who was bred to a stallion that carried no Appy at all, and had an Appy foal....she has the barest of characteristics, it was only when the foal arrived that we even thought to look hard!!!
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I think it does explain your mare and foal Rabbit. I think it means the stallion carried a PATN gene. If it is true (as it has been theroized) that PATN does not exhibit unless LP is pressent then it is possible that PATN is found in many non "appy" bloodlines and breeds. I guess we probably won't know for sure until LP is actually located.
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Reminic Ringo (Reminic in Spots' sire):
[img]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/…]
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That horse doesn't look chestnut to me. That mane and tail is very odd as are the legs. I see spots on the horses side as have two other people I've shown the photo to. I suspect this is the LP culprit. I find that odd though considering how well known his lines are, unless it trailed in on the tail female side.
I'd love to find a photo of the mare. I'm working on it but haven't gotten very far.
Diane what are you saying about his face white? You lost me.
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OK, bear with me....
What you are suggesting is that Patn wanders around happily in any horse whatsoever, but only is of any use when it bumps into Lp??
Thus it can be present , and useless, in any colour/pattern horse, any breed but only expresses when attached to Lp??
So why did it evolve if it has no purpose?? :sign
Or is it a totally random thing??
You may have noticed that I am having a hard time understanding the theory around Appies :-??
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So why did it evolve if it has no purpose?? :sign
Or is it a totally random thing??
You may have noticed that I am having a hard time understanding the theory around Appies :-??[/quote]
I would assume since it has no purpose and does nothing, in the wild (if it started there) there was nothing that made horses with PATN easier targets or not easy targets.
It mutated and then produced no visible effects so never got bred out or killed off.
Does that make sense?
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The vast majority of mutations are in fact harmful and there are many many more that are neutral. In the wild the harmful mutations do get weeded out and the beneficial ones thrive but if you happen to have a neutral mutation there is nothing to prevent it from becomming widespread even if it does no real good.
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[quote="rabbitsfizz"]OK, bear with me....
What you are suggesting is that Patn wanders around happily in any horse whatsoever, but only is of any use when it bumps into Lp??
Thus it can be present , and useless, in any colour/pattern horse, any breed but only expresses when attached to Lp??
So why did it evolve if it has no purpose?? :sign
Or is it a totally random thing??
You may have noticed that I am having a hard time understanding the theory around Appies :-??[/quote]
What I think is that PATN isn't one gene, but is a complex of "helper" genes, which may or may not include sabino and splash (and which may be why finding sabino and splash have been so problematic...), which control the level of expression of tobiano, frame, Lp, and whatever else may be out there.
As to "why"? I am still of the belief that broken patterning developed by way of natural selection as "horse camo". As horses moved from warm savannahs into cold steppes, the white/colour pattern of frame, tobiano and appaloosa would have worked with areas that had spotty snow.
This is all conjecture of course, since we can't even pinpoint exactly where appaloos colouring first originated with early evidence being in China AND earlier evidence being in Europe (various cave art drawings).
Diane
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NICE!!!! :bounce :bounce :bounce :bounce