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She is hetero DP. Just like with liver chestnuts a homo DP is significantly different. Chestnuts turn turn black if they are hom DP, and hom DP bays turn a much darker look, more deeper and darker brown and especially a lot less reddish. And, most of the time, if they are hom DP they will have much more pronounced dappling.

These are some of my hom DP bays for comparison:

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While the splash makes it harder to see, you can see on her hip and belly that she is a lot darker brown and that her dapples are more pronounced but also of a different shade than your mare.

Same with this mare:

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Even harder to see, but she is a deeper darker shade of bay, almost like a dense dark brown or a dark muddy color.

You can also see it on this foal I bred this season, as well as the pronounced dappling:

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And to be sure, I looked up some GMT'd cherry drops (who are hom for DP):

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But even still she is a looker! DP bays are always so nice :) And I'd say go for the spots, you only know it when you try!

Such a subtle difference between het and him DP on bays. Her dapples change a bit when I reroll her.

I’ve thought about doing a test breed with my big spot stallion to see if she throws big spots with him or not. But that’s crossing my fingers that he actually throws his LP. He’s not been doing a good job of that this season. Maybe I’ll flush her.

Ultimately, I would want to make her pearl or cream and pearl, too. It will take me a bit to save enough, but that will keep me occupied for a while lol it would be easier/quicker to start with one that is already an Appy or at least has pattern.


The other candidates:

These are stallions who we be changed to makes. A freaking Friday and a cherry drop. Both have PATN

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FF would get at least one frame taken off and the cherry drop would get at least sooty. Cream and/or pearl, too.

The problem with any of them is that I have no guarantee of big spots. As my small spot FF shows

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The other two candidates are mares and also both have patn which saves me GMTs

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I have a bit of an obsession with big spots and big spots on cream/pearl.

Like these:

WS1 Design A Shadow

Px2 Designed A Princess

BC1 Eve

Just big spots are cool, too.

Blu, showtime is Era 6, isn’t he? I mostly work with 7/8 for my Appy line.

So I just created the OP mare’s Appy twin.

Look at her spots.


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*laughs*
*laughs*
*cries*

You guys seem experienced in spots. Why does my Appaloosa not have anything but specks?
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Oh, wow! Thank you MasterStables!

Look at my pretty girl now!

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She has medium size spots. It’s ok, she’s super pretty!

Yay medium spots is better than tiny spots right? :D I'm glad she turned out okay

Thank you :)

It’s because her body has vanished but her spots haven’t :)