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; skin will be pink wherever white touches.
- 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.
Genetic Info
Locus: Blanched, False Leopard
(Images from left to right: Standard False Leopard on Chestnut, Symmetrical False Leopard on Chestnut, Blanched False Leopard on Chestnut)
False Leopard is a lightening of the coat visible on the horse's barrel, shoulders, chest, and hindquarters, similar to Roan, but with spots "cut out" of it.
False Leopard spots may vary in size, but in general should be about the size of the horse's eye and never larger than the horse's head; spots can optionally present in rows, be uniformly sized, or in other patterns that are more deliberate-looking than Leopard.
False Leopard spots may manifest in rounded intentional shapes such as rounded stars, hearts, or clovers due to ovals overlapping in intentional patterns.
False Leopard spots will never be complex shapes, and cannot have sharp corners.
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).
- 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.
- Filigree and Kintsugi: Filigree and Kintsugi do not interact with False Leopard.
False Leopard's effects on:
- Coat Color: False Leopard is a white marking.
- Mane & Tail Color: False Leopard does not affect the mane and tail.
- Skin Color: False Leopard does not affect skin color.
- Eye Color: False Leopard does not affect eye color.
- Hoof color: False Leopard does not affect hoof color.
False Leopard Range
Minimum Maximum out of range