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Ren · Apr 16, 2018 6:31 PM

Okay, so I created this, in my opinion, stunning buckskin appaloosa. Now I happen to be a bit of a sucker for buckskins and appy so naturally you put them together and I melt, she doesn't even really show her appy but I still love her. Hahah. That aside this lovely lady just struck me as a bit darker than normal even with the hom sty. I went to my favorite saved DP guides and, to my relatively untrained eye, I think she is het DP. I went ahead and crossed her with an RS Dark Chocolate stud (just because) and got the lovely stud colt below. I'm thinking he's also het DP but wanted a second opinion. So, thoughts on these two?

Dark Secrets MaybeDP

Delightful Secrets DP

SandycreekFarm · Apr 17, 2018 4:17 PM

Since both of them have dominant Extension, it can be hard to tell if DP is present. I'm commenting to bump this up so it will, I hope, be seen by someone who is more experienced with DP in bay and buckskin horses.

Bourbon · Apr 18, 2018 3:38 AM

Your RS stud is hom DP, so it could cloud the results a little. I'm pretty sure your mare is het DP though, she's a bit darker than what you'd expect from an average sooty buckskin.

This is what you'd expect from a hom DP with no At and your girl is just a shade lighter!

III Its A Horse

Ren · Apr 18, 2018 5:34 AM

@Bourbon - Thanks! One of my favorite DP forum conversations that I have saved is the one where you posted all the pics with buckskins with varying degrees of sooty/dp. :) I think that next season I'll put her with a non-dp stud and see what happens/try to prove that she has dp. Realizing of course that if she's het she may or may not pass it along.

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