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Description

These markings can be found in any other horse breeds and were imported to the Lindeza through selective breeding.

This is why we can find a lot of variety nowadays.

White markigns will always sit on top of any other markings and will always be off-white

(You should always avoid pure white while designing)

O V E R O

Or framed overo, is a marking with sharp edges, it always starts from the middle of the horse's body and will rarely touch the belly bottom or topline.

It can be carried but not expressed and causes blue eyes if the white marking touches the eye (which can create heterochromia if it only touches one eye)

You should be careful while breeding cause its dominant expression will always be fatal to the foal.

T O B I A N O

Usually starts from the feet and goes up on the body, with crisp edges it can almost cover the entire body, just leaving a few patches.

It will always express on the four feet, the minimum being small socks.

R A B I C A N O

Always starting from the underside of the belly, often close to the genitals, this marking have soft/roaning edges

It can create a sort of stripes going up on the rib cage but would never go past half of the belly.

If you aren't a fan of white on the belly, it have a second way to express, being the gulastra plume.

In this case, it only affects the tail, making it partially or totally white.

S A B I N O

Another soft-edged marking, this one usually starts from the legs and goes up on the body.

It's often seen with high socks and a big blaze, like Clydesdale drafts.

But it can almost cover the entire body.

It can also create little dops of hair near the edges, looking a bit like snowflakes.

Similar to Rabicano, its other way to exress is a tail marking called skunk tail, in that case it usually only affect a few hairs at the top of the tail.

D O M I N A N T W H I T E

This marking is still not very well understood and its name isn't really representative.

In most cases it would cover the whole body in white.

But it can also be represented with only minimal white or some other cases were found where it was misstaken for sabino or other white markings.

You are very free to design dominant white as you please, as long as it looks natural.

(Look at the racehorse Buchiko, tested as dom white for example)

But be careful ! Just like Overo, breeding two DW could produce a dominant DW which leads to an inborn dead foal.

S P L A S H

A crisp-edged marking always starting from the bottom and covering the horse as if it was diped in paint.

No holes, no big irregularities can be found with splash.

The eyes would always be blue, even if no markings are touching them.

A horse can have it and not express it, the blue eyes being the only indicator of the gene.

A P P A L O O S A

Appaloosa is a complex group of markings depending on 3 different genes, which, when combined, can lead to different outcomes.

The nLp / LpLp is the appaloosa gene itself and can express alone.

And the Patn1 / Patn2 creating two different patterns depending on the fact the Lp gene is dominant or not.

if you manage to combine a dom Lp (LpLp) and the two Patn, you can obtain a semi-appaloosa.

This rare case combines two appaloosa types of different groups.

(Shown on the guide is snowflake appaloosa and blanket appaloosa.)

Description

These markings can be found in any other horse breeds and were imported to the Lindeza through selective breeding.

This is why we can find a lot of variety nowadays.

White markigns will always sit on top of any other markings and will always be off-white

(You should always avoid pure white while designing)

O V E R O

Or framed overo, is a marking with sharp edges, it always starts from the middle of the horse's body and will rarely touch the belly bottom or topline.

It can be carried but not expressed and causes blue eyes if the white marking touches the eye (which can create heterochromia if it only touches one eye)

You should be careful while breeding cause its dominant expression will always be fatal to the foal.

T O B I A N O

Usually starts from the feet and goes up on the body, with crisp edges it can almost cover the entire body, just leaving a few patches.

It will always express on the four feet, the minimum being small socks.

R A B I C A N O

Always starting from the underside of the belly, often close to the genitals, this marking have soft/roaning edges

It can create a sort of stripes going up on the rib cage but would never go past half of the belly.

If you aren't a fan of white on the belly, it have a second way to express, being the gulastra plume.

In this case, it only affects the tail, making it partially or totally white.

S A B I N O

Another soft-edged marking, this one usually starts from the legs and goes up on the body.

It's often seen with high socks and a big blaze, like Clydesdale drafts.

But it can almost cover the entire body.

It can also create little dops of hair near the edges, looking a bit like snowflakes.

Similar to Rabicano, its other way to exress is a tail marking called skunk tail, in that case it usually only affect a few hairs at the top of the tail.

D O M I N A N T W H I T E

This marking is still not very well understood and its name isn't really representative.

In most cases it would cover the whole body in white.

But it can also be represented with only minimal white or some other cases were found where it was misstaken for sabino or other white markings.

You are very free to design dominant white as you please, as long as it looks natural.

(Look at the racehorse Buchiko, tested as dom white for example)

But be careful ! Just like Overo, breeding two DW could produce a dominant DW which leads to an inborn dead foal.

S P L A S H

A crisp-edged marking always starting from the bottom and covering the horse as if it was diped in paint.

No holes, no big irregularities can be found with splash.

The eyes would always be blue, even if no markings are touching them.

A horse can have it and not express it, the blue eyes being the only indicator of the gene.

A P P A L O O S A

Appaloosa is a complex group of markings depending on 3 different genes, which, when combined, can lead to different outcomes.

The nLp / LpLp is the appaloosa gene itself and can express alone.

And the Patn1 / Patn2 creating two different patterns depending on the fact the Lp gene is dominant or not.

if you manage to combine a dom Lp (LpLp) and the two Patn, you can obtain a semi-appaloosa.

This rare case combines two appaloosa types of different groups.

(Shown on the guide is snowflake appaloosa and blanket appaloosa.)