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Will they breed without owning a foundation, then?

Thank you. My giftee gave me 3 Ice horse foundations, so I wanted to be sure what I should or should not do.

This one has both ice on the same side of the slash ( -/I ) does that make it Hom? or do they have to be on opposite sides? Or all 4?

G1 RS DNS Lapis L Ice 13135840

The orange number tells you what Ice gene it is. The above linked horse is Heterozygous for Ice 1 on both strands of DNA. She would have to have two copies on the same strand (1/1) to be Homozygous for the gene.

Luminescent Moon

WS 3 Color Me Surprised
These two horses have non-licensed Ice genes in their DNA. Luminescent Moon is Heterozygous for Ice 1 and Ice 5, while Color Me Surprised is Heterozygous for Ice 1 and Ice 8.
The three horses in your search link are each only Heterozygous for Ice 1. The Ice is just expressing in a slightly different pattern on each horse. It doesn't always look the same on every Ice 1 horse. The Ice 1 gene typically creates ice crystal-like areas in a frame pattern, much like the color on a Frame horse. Sometimes the ice frame is patchy, sometimes it's more solid. It's sort of like the ice crystals are spreading inward from the horse's extremities.

No problem! I do have to correct myself though. The Ice 1 gene shows as an I, not a 1. However, all other Ice genes are numbered in the DNA strands, so Ice 1 is still easily distinguishable.