What color is this horse?

[BlackOak2]

To be clear, in this statement: 'He does have leopard, some people call that appaloosa, others will offer 'blanket'.'
When I said the word 'leopard' I was referring to him having the leopard gene and not the leopard pattern. However, I can see how that can be mistaken.

And I agree with what you said, leopard (full or false) and it's fewspot sibling is NOT the same as blanket (extended or otherwise Not full leopard) or snowcap and the otherwise fewspot sibling of the blanket. That also offers a difference in PATN1 and PATN2... but doesn't describe a difference between them when PATN2 can become a false leopard. Until we have gene testing, the theory between PATN1 and PATN2 on this game will remain simply a theory. And so a true leopard and a false leopard will still remain nominally unproven... and that irritates me a bit.

That makes sense now - I tend just to use varnish roan for Lp to avoid confusion

And, yeah, we'll definitely be rather glad to get gene testing!

Are we able to breed PATN2 so extensively that it looks like leopard? ... do we even know if we actually have PATN1 if that's the case? Are all of our 'leopards' actually just really, really extended blankets?

There is a new test that's being done to try to answer these questions. In my opinion, until it's proven what a PATN1 is, I am sticking to my belief that it's all PATN2 and only because there is no proof of theory that what I'm looking at is actually PATN1. At the very least, I'm not incorrect in saying that it's at least a PATN2.

Now... with the short testing that has already been done on the new topic (linked below), is that the difference in PATN1 and PATN2 is possibly as little as double the size of a minimum blanket. Whereas a PATN2 is only over the hips and a PATN1 could be distinguished by the one that runs from the back and to the butt (the minimum 'extended blanket'). But... again... it's not yet fully understood.

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[Malakai10]

That makes sense now - I tend just to use varnish roan for Lp to avoid confusion

And, yeah, we'll definitely be rather glad to get gene testing!

Are we able to breed PATN2 so extensively that it looks like leopard? ... do we even know if we actually have PATN1 if that's the case? Are all of our 'leopards' actually just really, really extended blankets?

There is a new test that's being done to try to answer these questions. In my opinion, until it's proven what a PATN1 is, I am sticking to my belief that it's all PATN2 and only because there is no proof of theory that what I'm looking at is actually PATN1. At the very least, I'm not incorrect in saying that it's at least a PATN2.

Now... with the short testing that has already been done on the new topic (linked below), is that the difference in PATN1 and PATN2 is possibly as little as double the size of a minimum blanket. Whereas a PATN2 is only over the hips and a PATN1 could be distinguished by the one that runs from the back and to the butt (the minimum 'extended blanket'). But... again... it's not yet fully understood.

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Definitely going to read that! Thanks for linking it