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Splashed white is one of the overo pinto patterns and it is the most recent color that has been discovered to exist in the Morgan breed (April 2005). Splashed white is thought to be an incomplete dominant. What this means is that heterozygous splashes have less white than homozygous splashes- the gene has an additive effect when there are two of them present. It is like the cream gene in this respect.

Heterozygous splashes can actually mimic "solids" or sabinos, as their markings can be so minimal. Sometimes only a "bottom heavy" face marking (which may be just a tiny lopsided snip) and/or one or two blue eyes (or a partial blue eye) gives a clue that the horse is actually carrying splash. Although blue eyes may be due to other causes (for example the frame overo gene), the consistent appearance of blue eyes in a family or bloodline is usually a good indicator that the splash gene is present. While heterozygous splashes may not look very "pinto", homozygous splashes have more flamboyant white markings on the body. These markings are smooth edged and spread upwards from the horse's underside. The horse looks as though it was dipped, feet-first, in white paint. They often have a white or white- tipped tail. At this point in time, with no test for splash available, blue eyes or partial blue eyes are our "best guess" that splash is present in a given individual and they are especially significant when found clustered within a family line.

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