Appaloosa Patterns

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Appaloosa Patterns

• This is a white pattern
• Appaloosa, POA, Colorado Ranger, Tiger Horse,
  Knabstrupper, Miniature Horse, Falabella
• Sponnenberg calls these patterns(Appaloosa) the
  Leopard Complex
• He believes all are related
• Like Pinto patterns, more than one Leopard
  Complex pattern can occur in the same horse

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Appaloosa Genetics

• The base color of the Appaloosa horse can include
  bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, dun and
  grulla.
• There are unique spotting patterns that most
  people associate with the Appaloosa horse.
• Appaloosa markings overlay the base coat color,
  and have several pattern variations.17

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Appaloosa Genetics

• Recognized spotting patterns of Appaloosas
  include the following
• BLANKET
• white over the hip that may extend from the tail
  to the base of the neck
• spots inside the blanket (if present) are the
  same color as the horse's base coat.
• LEOPARD
• A horse whose Appaloosa white patterning is
  exhibited to an extreme with base colored spots
  of various sizes covering most of its body .

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Appaloosa Genetics

• FEW SPOT LEOPARD
• This is a horse whose base color is nearly
  obscured by its Appaloosa white patterning
  covering up to 90 of its body
• Horse may exhibit patches of color on the heads,
  knees, elbows, flanks
• Some may have as few as only one or two spots.
• SNOWFLAKE
• Horses with white spots or flecks, on a dark
  body.
• Typically, the white spots increase in number and
  size as the horse ages.

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Appaloosa Genetics

• VARNISH
• Dark points (legs and head) and some spots or
  roaning over a light body.
• May occur in conjunction with another spotting
  style and change with age.
• Often starts out as a solid colored horse that
  gets more white as it ages, but is not a gray.
• FROST
• Similar to varnish but the white hairs are
  limited to the back, loins, and neck.
• May occur in conjunction with another spotting
  style and change with age.
• Often starts out as a solid colored horse that
  gets more white as it ages.

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Appaloosa Patterns
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Appaloosa Patterns

• Leopard complex is not linked to the color of the
  body
• It is simply a pattern of white superimposed over
  the body of the horse
• This pattern is a poor predictor of what pattern
  the foals might have
• Sparse manes and tails go along with certain
  patterns of the Leopard Complexbut not always

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Appaloosa Patterns

• Most minimal expression of LC is found, even on
  solid colored horses, as well as on loudly
  patterned horses.
• Mottled skin
• Found on eyelids, mouth, genetalia, anus
• Dots appear as pink or white on pigmented skin
  and as pigmented dots on pink skin
• White Sclera
• Not to be confused with wall-eyed
• Striped hooves not always

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Appaloosa Patterns
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Appaloosa -Blanket

• Blanket is one of most common LC patterns
• White area over hips and/or croup
• Edges may be sharp, roaned, or flecked
• May tend to roan into stripes over the ribs
• Most blankets have dark spots in the white areas,
  but some do not
• Spots may change size or location as horse ages

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Appaloosa Few-Spot Leopard

• Maximum expression of the Leopard Complex
• Horses are mostly white with just few colored
  spots on the body (head, neck, flank, elbow)
• Remember that the white is covering up the actual
  color of the horse
• Thought to be a homozygous pattern

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Appaloosa Few-Spot Leopard
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Appaloosa Frost Pattern

• White hairs scattered along the top-line of the
  horse

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Appaloosa Frost Pattern
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Appaloosa - Leopard Pattern

• Predominantly white with spots of color over
  their body
• Spots usually more concentrated on heads and legs
• Spots may also Flow-grow the way the hair
  flows/grows e.g., the flank

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Appaloosa - Snowcap Pattern

• Snowcaps similar to blankets, but snowcaps will
  not have any spots in it
• White area can extend to the withers and even
  cover most of the body
• If this extensive white occurs, horse will
  retainsome color on the head, legs, flank, and
  elbows
• Like the Few-Spot Leopard pattern, the Snowcap is
  thought to be homozygous

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Appaloosa - Snowflake Pattern

• Pattern causes colored horse to have small spots
  of white randomly distributed across the body.
• Not the same as Birdcatcher spots
• Spots may increase in size with increasing age.

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Appaloosa - Snowflake Pattern
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Appaloosa Varnish Roan Pattern

• Start as colored horses that get lighter with age
• Not related to the greying gene
• Horse usually retains color over the bony parts
  (hips, withers, shoulders, legs, facial bones)
• Not related to roaning
• Check the face. Roans have very dark faces w.
  very few white hairs

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