Happy Birthday on the 21st………

Redheart Pascalius & Redheart Cateaster were both born on the 21^st April but a year apart.

It is not always easy to predict a grown Appaloosa’s colour at birth, Evee was born black. Slight stripes on her hooves was the only Appaloosa characteristics present at 6 months. We now know she is heterozygous (LP/lp) for the Leopard Print Gene and doesn’t carry the PATN1 (N/N) gene. At the moment I see her growing through the “gormless stage” where her body and head don’t look in proportion. There has never been any doubt she would colour out but here are a few pictures of her “change” to date.

Easter on the other hand had Appaloosa Characteristics at birth, she is homozygous (LP/LP) for the Leopard Print Gene and carries one copy of the PATN1 (PATN1/N) gene. At present she is shedding her foal / winter coat, it is evident there are a few dark pigmented areas of skin on her hind legs and she is colouring out on her face. Patterns can change throughout an Appaloosa’s life but I think Easters is quite stable. Here are a few pictures of her “change” to date.