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The Chocolate allele is found in most breeds of dogs and many domesticated animals but is notably absent in horses. It is a mutation of the gene TYRP1. TYRP1 mutations have long since been bred out of domestic horses save for a few lines like Mongolian horses. Chocolate, as depicted here, is not a true horse gene but I am going to let it fall into the "hypothetical" category. There is no reason why it could not be found in an exciting forgotten line from the wild steppes.

Chocolate is recessive and requires two copies of (bb) to show. It works by turning black pigment into chocolate-colored pigment. Horses that do not show black pigments like ee, heavy dilution, and watercolor horses will not show chocolate. Chocolate is NOT a dilution it is an actual shift in the structure of the pigment resulting in a unique shade of 'black' pigment.

Chocolate is a limited edition gene. It is not creatable in foundations but can be added via the RGS or the GMT lab. It is available right now.

As a grand milestone horse, celebrating 10 million horses on Bluegrass Server and 5 million horses on Forest Server, a straw from Khansuudyn Suns has been gifted to every member of the server. You have three seasons to use it before it expires. Straws are only usable by upgraded members, but free accounts have received a straw as well and will have access to them if they upgrade before the straws expire.


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