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She is hetero for the Lp gene...(Lplp) and she doesnt have any of the Patn genes ( which would give her more white markings)
Because she only has the one Lp gene, she is showing the mottling of skin on her muzzle and the striped hooves ( appaloosa characteristics)..

Heres a bit of an explanation of how the appy patterns would show with variations of the Lp gene and Patn1 or Patn2
Your mare would be the Lplp no PATN = characteristics only

lplp PATN1 - not an appy
lplp PATN=small - still not an appy
lplp no PATN - You guessed it, still not an appy
Lplp PATN1 - leopard appaloosa
Lplp PATN=small - blanket appaloosa
Lplp no PATN - characteristics only
LpLp PATN1 - few spot appaloosa
LpLp PATN=small - snow cap appaloosa
LpLp no PATN - characteristics only

Here's a bit of a visual chart that explains the appy genes and combos
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/talkingmongo0se/talkingmongo0seLPchart.png
and another one..
http://orig11.deviantart.net/f25a/f/2015/143/8/f/appaloosa_patterns_genetics_sheet_by_painted_cowgirl-d8uch41.png

I hope this helps a bit :)

To get a snowflake foal, you'd have to breed to a snowflake stud..and yes, she will throw coloured foals...
Try looking for a stud that is Patn1Patn1... The foal should get at least one P1 and that will give it some colour..

Also, remember, if you breed to a snowflake, the foal will be hetero for the snowflake gene and its highly like the snowflake pattern wont show up on the foal (it may be leopard or blanketed etc) but it will carry the snowflake gene and can pass it down to offspring..

Here's a mare of mine who has 3 foals so far...2 are patterned..
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=684883

My snowflake stud is LpLp Patn1Patn1 and he throws all coloured foals..Here are foals from a solid mares


http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=836347
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=836349
http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=840571

and there are a few more..

Guaranteed colour with LpLpPatn1Patn1

WS Genesis SNF F1

yes, if you bred a hetero snowflake foal to say, a homo snowflake ( one that is dominant for snowflake) you would likely get a snowflake foal..
if you breed hetero to hetero..you may get snowflake or non snowflake with other appy patterns just depends on what genes the foal gets at time of breeding :)

heterozygosis
basically means that a horse has a pair of alleles where one is dominant and the other recessive ie..Lplp where the Lp would be the dominant gene and the lp recessive...or Ee where the E ( black) gene is dominant and the e is recessive.

The two alleles are DIFFERENT in HETEROzygosis
Lplp
Ee
Chch
Zz
homozygosis -
means both genes ( alleles) are the SAME..

ie
LpLp the leopard complex gene
EE which would give you a black based horse or
ee which would give you a chestnut based horse..
ChCh -champagne
ZZ silver...
main thing to note is that both alleles are the SAME when referring to HOMOzygosis

I hope that helps a bit...genetics is a complicated thing to learn. Im sure with most of us, its an ongoing learning process :)



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to look at a horse...better to look at genes.. for example...
These 2 horses are hetero for the Lp gene..ie Lplp

3AWJpl Its No Bother

img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/kinetocore_hj2/horses/285907/285907.jpg?/>
thundercolt

and these 2 are homo for the Lp gene...LpLp

Kc2 Rain of Spots

Non Pareil

From what I understand, in this game...the snowflake gene is hidden..so they only way to know would be if it appears with a snowflake pattern...or if you look at the pedigree and see a snowflake ancestor...