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kgstable · Dec 28, 2021 7:11 PM

I received this adorable guy from my gifter and was wondering what makes him a brindle vs. being a chimera

kG1B Silver Bells

All the other horses I've been still brindle have been older and weren't converted during the change to chimera.

Thanks everyone!

OopsDotCom · Dec 28, 2021 7:37 PM

Dumb question of the week # 147035

What's the difference between chimera and brindle?

Cavalynn · Dec 28, 2021 8:26 PM

That is weird. I see he's a University bred horse. Was he merged from two foundations to make a chimera? I've never done that before so I don't know if the game maybe doesn't automatically update merged chimeras to the new type yet, but it seems like it should.

Cavalynn · Dec 28, 2021 8:40 PM

Does the option to update him to the new chimera type show on his page?

Blaze5115 · Dec 28, 2021 9:35 PM

Is it possible for him to be a clone of a much older horse that was still brindle and never converted?

Cavalynn · Dec 28, 2021 10:14 PM

That makes more sense, because it looks like DFP1 wasn't gmt'd onto him, so it must have been inherited from the original horse, if that's a gene that can clone, that is.

Kintara · Dec 29, 2021 1:22 AM

He's homozygous DFP1, that is a genetic brindle.

Cavalynn · Dec 29, 2021 1:28 AM

Ah, thanks @Kintara! I didn't realize hom DFP horses were actually called brindles.

kgstable · Dec 29, 2021 9:37 AM

I'm not sure who he was cloned from, he was a gift through the exchange. My guess would've been what Blaze said, a older horse he was converted to.

@Kintara so all HOM DFP1 horses are going to be Brindle?

Nightphoenix · Dec 29, 2021 10:21 AM

https://www.huntandjump.com/adv_search.php?runsearch=go&jump=0&10=1&117=2&128=0&129=0

Holy hom DFP, Batman! How did I not realize this before now? :-O

Cavalynn · Dec 29, 2021 10:35 AM

I know, right?! I did a search last night too and was shocked. I had always heard that DFP would give "brindle-like" markings. I had no idea they were actually called brindles in the color name.

Ammit · Dec 29, 2021 11:17 AM

Chimerism does not clone. This horse is a genetic brindle.

kgstable · Dec 29, 2021 12:05 PM

Ah makes more sense now! I didn't know Hom DFP did that either, thanks everyone!

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