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Sunbeam Shadow and Light:

Description:
sunbeam shadow and light causes circular markings around the eyes of the horse, a ring around the top of the hoof, and a dorsal stripe. sunbeam shadow makes these markings darker than the base color and sunbeam light makes these markings lighter than the base coloring. there is no difference between hetero and homo. no markings cover sunbeam shadow and light, though other markings may blend in to shadow and light.


Examples:

Sunbeam Light:
Slhslh/SlhSlh
no example

Sunbeam Shadow:
Ssss/SsSs
no example

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Artistic Liberty Markings:

Description:
artistic liberty markings are actually a gene, and can appear in different shapes on sunbeams. there is always three rings above the hoof, a dorsal stripe, and a marking under the eye. if the gene is homozygous, there is a fourth ring above the hoof, sometimes a second marking under the eye, and the dorsal stripe gets thicker. artistic liverty markings are covered by nothing save sunbeam shadow and light. they are called artistic liberty markings because they tend to look like an artist drew them onto the sunbeam.


Examples:

Homozygous Markings:
AlAl
no example

Heterozygous Markings:
Alal
no example

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Neapolitan Pintos:

Description:
the neapolitan gene only appears in sunbeams with tobiano or overo. for a neapolitan gene to appear, the horse must have tobiano, overo, or tovero markings. the neapolitan genes add paler tobiano/overo/tovero markings as well as darker tobiano/overo/tovero markings, make a three colored pinto pattern like the neapolitan ice cream.


Examples:

Neapolitan Tovero:
Ntnt and Nono/NtNt and NoNo
no example

Neapolitan Tobiano:
Ntnt/NtNt
example here

Neapolitan Overo:
Nono/NoNo
no example

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Ghosting and Shading:

Description:
ghosting and shading are markings that appear on the edge of normal pinto and face/hoof markings - ghosting creates a pale outline around the markings and shading creates a dark outline around the markings. ghost and shade markings are usual dilutions of the coat color.


Examples:

Shading/Shade:
40%
no example

Ghosting/Ghost:
40%
no example

Sunbeam Ghosting and Shading:

Description:
ghosting and shading are markings that appear on the edge of normal pinto and face/hoof markings - ghosting creates a pale outline around the markings and shading creates a dark outline around the markings. ghost and shade markings are usual dilutions of the coat color. sunbeam ghosting and shading is literally ghosting and shading around sunbeam markings; nothing else.


Examples:

Sunbeam Shading/Shade:
50%
no example

Sunbeam Ghosting/Ghost:
50%
no example

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Mooning:

Description:
mooning is a marking that causes what looks like brindle at first glance but with a few differences. mooning has a tendency to be thinner than brindle, the markings curve like crescent moves, and wherever mooning markings touch the mane and tail, the mane and tail turn the color of the markings. mooning can only be covered by pinto patterns, kits genes, artistic liberty, and light and shadow markings.


Examples:

Mooning:
40%
no examples

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Tiger Brindle:

Description:
tiger brindle is literally brindle that gets smaller towards the tail, on the neck, and towards the bottom of the legs. nothing else special. all other brindle rules apply to it.


Examples:

Tiger Brindle:
no examples

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Sunbeam Smoke:

Description:
sunbeam smoke is a marking that turns the mane and tail of a sunbeam black - a black horse may have it regardless of if it has a black mane already or not.


Examples:

Sunbeam Smoke:
30%
no examples

Fading Mane:

Description:
fading mane causes the mane and tail to fade to white at the tip, nothing more. if a horse has fading mane and sunbeam smoke, sunbeam smoke with cover over fading mane.


Examples:

Fading Mane:
20%
no examples

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Zebra Syndrome:

Description:
while it's not a gene, zebra syndrome isn't quite a marking either. zebra syndrome causes the horse's mane and tail to turn entirely white, as well as it's body, save for zebra-like stripes on the body, which can be stripes revealing the horses real color or blacks stripes. some forms of zebra syndrome can simply turn the body white with clear stripes, stripes diluted black, and oure black stripes. wherever a stripe hits the mane, the mane regains it's original color. it...can get confusing. don't think about it too hard. the skin also turns grey.


Examples:

Extreme Zebra Syndrome:
20%
no example

Minimal Zebra Syndrome:
20%
no example

Normal Zebra Syndrome:
20%
no example