Now, despite what many people think, horses do not need four high white stockings,a big blaze with lip spots, and belly spots to be sabino. A horse doesnt even need ONE of those things to be a sabino. Sabino can be as minimal as a sock or a star, and possibly even have no white at all. Sabino also has the ability to cause roaning on a horse, but this is not to be confused with True Roan, Rabicano, or Appaloosa Roaning.
The only sabino mutation that has been located is called Sabino 1. The researchers put the "1" after it because, like stated above, they believe there is more than one form of sabino out there. Sabino 1 is found in many breeds, but is most often found in Tennesse Walking Horses, Missouri Fox Trotters, and Miniature Horses.
These next horses are Missouri Fox Trotters from Mikarma Farms.
This is their stallion Color Master. He was used in the study for Sabino 1, and is homozygous for Sabino 1. This means he carries two copies of Sabino 1 and that every one of his offspring will have at least one copy of Sabino 1.
Here are pictures of four of his offspring. You can see just how minimal a sabino can truly be. All are heterozygous for Sabino 1
2 comments:
fflIn the first paragraph, second sentence of your "Sabino" section, you say, "In its heterozygous form it creates a horse that is solid white." Do you mean "homozygous" ??
Have you found an example of a homozygous sabino? I'm trying to sort out the difference between a maximum sabino (homozygous) and a dominant white. I wonder what each would be likely to produce.
Thanks.
Yes Agnes, I did mean homozygous. Thank you for catching that for me.
The first horse photo in this blog, Color Master, is a homozygous sabino.
The difference in what the two produce varies. Dominant white will usually produce a loud near white horse about 50% of the time, and then the other 50% usually produces a minimal horse. That first loud 50% will carry Dominant White, and the second minimal 50% will not.
A homozygous sabino on the other hand usually produces minimal horses all the time, except when bred to another sabino.
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