Horse Genetics?

[Ravvana]

I saw this horse today at a show I was at with Sean. I'm at a loss -- is he tobiano with leopard appaloosa? or extremely spotty homozygous tobiano? or something else entirely?





(Note that I didn't take the photos; I grabbed them from a friend's FB page who was also at the show.)

[Nighthenge]

He's definitely tobiano.  The little spots are likely just cat tracks, but there is some evidence that there may be a separate pattern that creates colored ticking in pinto horses.  Like what is going on with this mare http://www.chevaldecouleur.fr/fr/index02.php?2009%2F06%2F19%2F91-vision-morinda

The white of pinto patterns lay over top of appy patterns so his colored areas would be white with leopard spotting if he had that pattern too.

[Ryuukokoro]

He's beautiful, whatever he is! XD

I agree he looks like a tobiano that just happened to be spotty in the white parts, I've seen some like that.