Which Gene(s) Are At Work Here?

A couple more pics of her white bits lol.

I see splash and sabino.

I thought for it to be sabino that they always have pink on their lower lip or does it vary horse to horse?

Oh no, definitely not. That's just one of many characteristics sabino can exhibit, but it's definitely not a requirement.

That's the bit that really threw me, I thought she would have to have white on it for her to carry sabino. Is it her bottom heavy blaze that makes you think Splash also?

Nope. Sabino is any white marking not caused by tobiano, frame, splash or dominant white. Thus a simple star with no other white could easily be sabino.

The bottom heaviness is a big clue of splash, but the biggest clue to me is the classic (minimal splash was once defined by this nearly entirely) "falling off one side of the face" movement.

Argggghhhhh, I just had a lightbulb moment :) I hadn't looked at her quite that way before you mentioned it. Thank you!

She looks like a lot of splash parents and offspring that I have seen :) same blaze and hind sock.

What about her 6 white dots? Which gene is the most likely culprit?

No chance of an injury there? If not, I think it's the splash... but people will call me crazy on that one. :D

I was thinking Birdcatcher, maybe?

Diane

Definitely no injury, just 6 dinky little dots lol.

That is usually the result of an ill fitting saddle.

[quote="Jenks"]That is usually the result of an ill fitting saddle.[/quote]
vouching for that on several cases!

She was unhandled when we got her and the spots were already there so definitely not from an ill fitting saddle lol. Those ones have me completely stumped as to how they have come about :)

My suspicion is that birdcatchers have something to do with the Great and Mysterious Sabino anyway so I blame sabino for those.