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@lecobb8 Try looking at older horses than in that search. The edges of the spots start to fade from the outside in, giving the spots a halo effect:


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Thanks CLynn. I had to go to horses over 15 to 20 to really begin seeing the halo on more than the rare horse.

It looks like the H gene also helps keep horses from varnishing, because I saw a few hom snow horses that were still "flakey" at an old age.

Does H only work when homozygous?

This is my foundation Halo sire - xPf FindersFee. Halo is by nature a small feature to appaloosa spots, its not a dominate noticeable feature such as white 3, kit m, or frame, for example.

You might not be seeing it since it progresses as the horse gets older. What it does is it makes your spots smaller because the edges look fuzzy. So they halo-out from the outside of the spot, towards the inside of the spot.

This didn't work out for my program because I was breeding for larger spots so that the spots would still show signs of Dunfactor promoter (since the spots didn't varnish). So I ended up getting rid of my halo horses.

RAD I can see it, maybe you need to refresh him? The problem is he has small spots to start with. But as they get older they should fade more