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The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of warmblood horse. It is principally a riding horse , but is also used as a harness horse and as a circus animal . [ 6 ] : 64 It is broadly similar to the Frederiksborger , but often has a spotted coat.
The Appaloosa is "a breed defined by ApHC bloodline requirements and preferred characteristics, including coat pattern". [1] In other words, the Appaloosa is a distinct breed from limited bloodlines with distinct physical traits and a desired color, referred to as a "color preference". Appaloosas are not strictly a "color breed". All ApHC ...
The leopard complex, related to the Leopard (LP) gene, characterizes the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds with their spotted coats. Leopard is genetically quite distinct from all other white and white-spotting patterns. The fewspot leopard pattern, however, can resemble white.
The Appaloosa horse is the breed best known for the leopard complex patterns, though the complex also characterizes the Knabstrupper, as well as breeds related to the Appaloosa such as the Pony of the Americas and Colorado Ranger. [2] The gene is also relatively common in the Falabella, the Noriker and the related South German Coldblood.
The Gypsy Cob, also known as the Traditional Gypsy Cob, Irish Cob, Romani Cob, Gypsy Horse, or Gypsy Vanner, is a breed of domestic horse from the British Isles.It is a small, solidly-built horse of cob conformation and is usually piebald.
Varnish roans are born with a dark base coat color, usually with some spotting. As the horse ages, white hairs increase over most of the body, and many spotted markings blur or fade. The varnish roan pattern often appears to spread from the white of any original markings. This color pattern is best known in the Appaloosa breed of horse.
Star: a white marking between or above the eyes. If a stripe or blaze is present, a star must be significantly wider than the vertical marking to be designated separately. Snip: a white marking on the muzzle, between the nostrils. Additional terms used to describe facial markings include the following:
The difference in phenotype between the homozygous (CH/CH) and heterozygous (CH/ch) horse may be subtle, in that the coat of the homozygote may be a shade lighter, with less mottling. [36] Horses with the homozygous recessive genotype (ch/ch) are not affected by champagne. Champagne is now identifiable by DNA test. [31] [37