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Maybe Interesting, Maybe not?

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So I keep three separate lines of the Andravida horses I breed, but the main two are what I call the "Light Draft" and the "Quick Type". The "Quick Type" lines have Tiger Eye and Cream scattered throughout, but the "Light Draft" lines do not and both lines carry lots of cryptic dun. At least, I thought so.

However, this guy, who is of the "Light Draft" lines appears to have tiger eye? A quick glance through his pedigree and idk where it came from. While both of these lines originated from the same founding stock, the tiger eye was introduced to the "Quick Type" lines long after they had diverged from the "Light Draft" lines. Obviously, it must have been introduced somewhere to the "Light Draft" lines, but this is the first time I have seen it present itself.


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Re: Maybe Interesting, Maybe not?

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That is the neat thing with recessive genes. They can hide for seemingly ever. :) And the Andravida has pretty heavy NAB influence in its breed recipe, which makes it very likely that at least one horse used in the original recipe of all lines had TE. And that one gene can really proliferate without you knowing. Resulting in surprise pops like above. :) (TE is also popular in a lot of TB lines that I've seen. So there's that, too.)

I have the same thing in my Knab lines, but with chestnut. Generations and generations go by and no red. Then BAM. There's a red. :lol:
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Re: Maybe Interesting, Maybe not?

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It certainly keeps things exciting!
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Re: Maybe Interesting, Maybe not?

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It's also very realistic!

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