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Actually, snowflake can turn up in any horse made from the create page, whether it is appaloosa or not. However, I doubt if it is ever more than heterozygous in that case, so it won't affect the appearance of the horse. This is not a frequent happening, however.

The snowflake gene is hidden and doesn't show up in the results of the gene test. It only expresses itself if it is homozygous and the horse also carries Llp.

However, if a horse carrying a hidden copy of the snowflake gene is bred to an appaloosa horse that also carries snowflake, and the foal inherits both copies of snowflake and the appaloosa, the secret carrier will be revealed to the surprise and joy of its owner. :D I have seen several posts celebrating this unusual event.

In the case of this horse you are asking about, I would suspect that the white speckles are just appaloosa varnishing showing up.

Thanks, Ammit.