Don’t worry, she was on a big circle, we just tried to keep her where there wasn’t snow so she didn’t slip.
Hey, After digging through my photos I found some pictures of her sent by her old owner a while ago, the grey next to her is her mom. I’ll have to send them separately since the forum won’t allow more than one at a time.
She is adorable and looks like a real sweetheart. I am seeing draft cross. That’s a good thing for a family horse. Drafts tend to have easy going personalities. You don’t really want a Lippizaner bred to do airs above the ground.
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Not Arab, deeeefinitely not the head.
Just based on that one photo of the dam, I could be persuaded that her mum had some Andalusion in her breeding.
thanks for the photos Pandora!
I am sure we would all love to see her all shed out in the spring. Perhaps you can update us with a confirmation photo then too.
My money is on perch cross.
At the end of the day, its most important that you love and enjoy her and she is safe and well loved after.
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Etalon Diagnostics. They do genetic testing way beyond expectations: color, health and behavior, plus ancestry. They do extensive research which uncovers all sorts of informative tidbits. They add tests to existing packages. Their website is loaded with information, and you can request a phone consult. I had UC Davis do his color. I have a sabino Paint without the sabino gene. Davis was doing 6 Dominant White out of 20 or so at the time. I sent a sample to Etalon partly because they keep uncovering more - in the 30s now. The minipanel was $99 but has gone up to $119. A tremendous bargain.
In addition to the color/pattern testing, there are health and behavior tests. I bought my Paint 21 years ago. Impressive is in his pedigree once on the sire’s side but he was never tested for HYPP. He’s negative. He has 2 copies of the curiosity vs vigilance gene. It makes sense because people at our new barn enjoy his curiosity. He has one copy of a gene that indicates increased risk of moderate susceptibility to West Nile Virus. I’ve been vaccinating for years.
They are starting a major ancestry project for Mustangs. I had my Paint gelding’s ancestry done because he has so much TB in his pedigree. It looks like most Paints and QH, but Man o’ War is there. He has 2 sprint genes which I thought was pretty good until I read that they poop out around 8 furlongs. You need 2 endurance genes if you expect to make money.
A friend had her horse tested recently and she loves the ancestry results. Paints and QH are a hodgepodge of all sorts of different ancestors. My Paint gelding is about 30% TB. From there you go to 22% carriage horse group, 15% Iberian group, 14% heavy horse group, 12% from the Near East and 7% from the North Sea. This isn’t meant to determine a definitive breed for your horse. If you think about where QH and Paint originated it makes sense. They are the product of all sorts of unknown ancestors running around out west. If someone offers you a Shire/TB cross who tolts because his grandsire is an Icelandic, that’s something you can check on.
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Lol! Or a TB that’s not bred to do airs above the ground but likes to channel her inner Lippizan anyway! 
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