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Ok gotcha I did look at the Splash reference photos and your right almost all displayed this coloration in the tail. Then what is causing the dappling in the few I saw, is this just random dappling - can that happen in this game?

What is causing the color on the bay - based on the reference photo for Bay with GP she was literally the same color as the photo lol she doesn't have Pangere so if she doesn't have GP I cant find a reason for the red shading on the flank and low barrel with the darker back areas as I know she is Hz for sooty but Hz sooty shouldnt look this way right she should just be darker not darker with redder areas?

What is causing the pale color on the 2 chestnuts as neither has nd1, does nd2 come up in the test or is nd2 a hidden gene? or is this what chestnut looks like on this game? lol idk on these 2

lol I have no idea how this game works yet, do all base colors vary in shade as it naturly does or do genetics play the only part in shade variation here.

Great answers @SandyCreekAcres!

GP is a gene that does not show up in random creates, it has to be added via GMTing or via the RGS. However, this christmas we had a new herd helper (Ghost of Christmas Past) and all of those horses are hetero for GP. This means they can produce homo GP (and thus white tailed horses) when bred with other GP carriers. They themselves do not have the white GP tail as they are only hetero for it.

However, like Sandy said, GP only shows up on a bay based horse (E? with A or At or A+).
GP only shows when a horse is homo GP and has a bay base.

Here are some GP examples;
On a bay (EEAa)

MS5 BestLittleLights hGP

On a wild bay with DP (EeAA+)

MS CHERCHERRR

On a brown (EEAtAt) with DP:

MS3 AStickyFold hGP

On a brown (EEAta) non-DP:

MS Mance Milkyway hKPhGP

On a 'brown' buckskin (EEAtaCr):

MS7 Creepoasis hGP GOLD

On a normal Buckskin:

MS IronmanLady hGP

You get the drill, it shows a gradient in the tail as if the bottom has been dipped in white.

However, as you experienced already, Splash can throw things off a bit. Splash is known for adding white to a horses tail.

This one looks also like it has been dipped in white:

MSH Pro10501725EeAaCrDpDP
However, this is a foundation horse and foundations (except for the christmas past herd helper) do not carry GP, let alone be homozygous for GP.

This is a red based horse with splash. Red bases cannot show GP. Secondly, she is a foundation horse so therfore also cannot be GP.

MSrs Spicet P

Splash tails can variate from dipped in white to completely white tails like this one:

MS Pro10411716EeAaDKITSpS
GP only has that dipped in white look. (The reason mance has a more whiter tail is because of the Kit M)

This is a 2gen horse with a white tail. However, she could not be entered in the GP breeders club so it is not GP but the splash and Kit M (and neither of her parents carry GP so therefore it is also impossible).

MS2 SurrealColore hKPDP

This horse has splash and is homo GP. How do I know? Because he could be entered in the GP breeders club, meaning he is homo GP. (Also both of his parents are homo GP meaning he is homo GP too)

MS7 UkrainaSea hGP

Here is another splash horse that is homo GP:

MS5 Manubest GP


Another tricky thing for spotting GP is silver, as it changes the shade of the mane and tail. However, if you look real closely you can see some GP in the tail of this one:

MS3 HolidayFlourish hGP
But like the 2 splash examples above, you can know for sure to see if the horse can be added in the GP breeders club. If it can it is homo GP, if it cannot it is not homo GP (or not a bay based horse).

Kit M (or white M) is a KIT Gene that can also whiten the tail:

MS2 SHOW WM 10381366


Dappling indeed is random, normal creates can have dappling too. However, any silver horses are more prone to dappling. Champagne horses have 'reversed' dappling or leopard spots which is a really cool kind of dappling too.
Horses that have S+ always have dapples, it is an 'extreme' darkening gene. However, on diluted or lighter coat color such as homo cream horses it is less visible than on darker horses (bays for example).
As DP is a darkening gene, it can also cause some dappling or make the existing 'natural' dapples more pronounced.

For more info on dappling see this thread (filled with a LOT of examples): https://www.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/comment/89707#Comment_89448


For more info on DP see these threads:
This is an older post I made about spotting DP in chestnuts/ the mechanics of DP:
https://www.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/comment/79172#Comment_79172

And of course the almighty DP codex with references to many DP horses on many different coat colors: https://www.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/36387/the-dp-codex


I hope this helped clear up some of your questions! Feel free to ask more and/or for more clarity (this turned out waaay longer than I intented to :') )