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Make 'em big!

Tired of micro-spotting in your appy lines? The solution is here. ASR1 can overwrite micro-spotting and provide a general boost to spot size in your appaloosas. One copy will provide a small to moderate boost to spot size and MIGHT overwrite micro-spotting. You will always see some amount of spot size increase though.

Two copies will completely overwrite micro-spotting and push appy spot size to the max, even past what is normally creatable regardless of the underlying pigment.

ASR1 is available until the end of June. It has no licenses or restrictions.

Make 'em small!

Our members have long wanted to breed below 12.0 hh. This is finally achievable with our "Collectable" size ponies and cobs. Each copy of HMGA2 reduces height by around 2 hands. This works independently from normal height inheritance so if you breed an 11hh het stud to an 11hh het mare they might have a 9hh hom foal or a 13 hh hom recessive foal.

Collectible size ponies and cobs are too small to be ridden over fences so can not be shown in our system. They will be marked with an asterisk ( * ) in your barn and have Collectible added to the breed name. The ONLY way to get a collectible size horse via breeding is for the parents to have the active (A) version of HMGA2. If you do not breed HMGA2 you will never get an undersized foal.

HMGA2 is a real gene that has been isolated in shetland ponies, though I have slightly exaggerated the effect to make it work well for our needs.

HMGA2 will be available until the middle of July, and requires a license to own.