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Recessive Gene?
I have an eleven month old colt. (Uncastrated male horse) He is almost completely shed out (lost all baby fur) and there is one thing that troubles me. He is a pure Quarter Horse, but he has a white spot on his stomach. (About eleven inches from his sheath on the side of his barrel) His lineage gives no evidence to why he would have this spot – he's pure AQH. This is his lineage through his great-grandparents:
Great Grand Sire: Bay, right-fore coronet white, stripe. No other markings.
Great Grand Dam: Gruello, left-hind sock, blaze. No other markings.
Grand Sire: Sorrel. No markings.
Grand Dam: Chestnut, right-fore stocking. No other markings.
Sire: Black, stripe. No other markings.
Dam: Sorrel, left hind sock, blaze. No other markings.
Colt: Sorrel, both hind stockings, blaze, [odd white spot]. No other markings.
Because he has this odd white spot on his barrel, he cannot be registered. The AQHA has strict rules and regulations about this, and he can't be registered because of the white spot. I thought he would shed the spot out when he lost his baby fur, but now that he's almost a year old and has lost his baby fur – he still has the spot. My question is, what is this spot from? It's not a saddle sore scar (duh! He's never worn a saddle), it's not a scar at all, so is it a recessive gene? Why was my colt afflicted with it?
Thanks!
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It doesn't sound recessive, it sounds like an oddity which can always happen when breeding any animal. As far as not being able to show him, there are other circuits you can enter him in just for fun, he doesn't need to compete professionally if you are planning on keeping him as a riding horse. You should be just as proud of him whether he has a white spot or not.
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If all his ancestors are true breeding, ie. have the dominant gene like you have described, then there's no chance that he can have the recessive gene. So really, I'm sorry, but it's just a case of these things happen. Sometimes we and animals just happen to get things that are normally not found in our family, eg. I have hazel eyes where as my parents have brown eyes. It's probably nothing more than the animal equivilent of a freckle, so it's nothing to worry about.
Soz that you can't enter competitions, that's crap. However remember you do have a beautiful young colt though and are very lucky to have him.
Smile anyway
Claire xx
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it is a spot. he has a white spot on his coat. now really, why are you concerned about a white spot of fur near his wang? he's not competition material, so what?
he's still a horse, why don't you enter him into a competition that doesn't care about a simple white blotch of fur near his dong.
-hitler
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sorry that i cant be of too much help, put ask
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