Traits

Leopard is a white marking that covers the body, with the base coat showing through in a spotted pattern.
Spots are randomly placed but should affect the entire body and be visibly more numerous than Fewspot.
Spots vary in size, but in general should be about the size of the horse's eye and never larger than the horse's head.

Genotype: nLp patnpatn
Locus:  Leopard is part of the Leopard Complex group of patterns, along with Snowflake, Snowcap, Blanket, Varnish Roan, and Fewspot.

  • Coat: Leopard is a white marking.
  • Mane and Tail: White except where touching spots. May create a gradient effect on the tail.
  • Skin: May cause pink speckled skin.
  • Eyes: Not affected.
  • Hooves: May cause tan-striped hooves.

Range:

  • Minimum: A white coat with the base color showing through in sparse spots all over the body.
  • Maximum: A white coat with the base color showing through in large, dense spots all over the body.

False Leopard is a lightening of the coat visible on the horse's barrel, similar to Roan, but with spots "cut out" of it.
False Leopard spots can vary in both size and randomness; spots can optionally present in rows, be uniformly sized, or in other patterns that are more deliberate-looking than Leopard.
It may cause a light, grayish appearance compared to the base color or turn the coat nearly (but not quite) white.
Lightening caused by False Leopard should blend evenly and gradually into the coat.
Unless Blanched is present, False Leopard will not affect the legs or head (3rd example above shows False Leopard and Blanched).

Genotype: Fl_
Locus:  Blanched, False Leopard

  • Coat: False Leopard is a white marking.
  • Mane and Tail: Not affected.
  • Skin: Not affected.
  • Eyes: Not affected.
  • Hooves: Not affected.

Range (without Blanched):

  • Minimum: Subtle lightening of the coat on one third of the barrel with visible "spots" cut out.
  • Maximum: Bold whitening of the coat on the body with visible "spots" cut out.

Range (with Blanched):

  • Will create spots in Blanched markings.

Interactions:

  • Blanched: When Blanched and False Leopard are both present, False Leopard creates holes in Blanched markings rather than creating new lightened areas.
  • Roan: When False Leopard and Roan are both present, Roan is still visible "Under" False Leopard, rather than the base coat.
  • White Markings: False Leopard cannot cause spots in or interact with other white markings.
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