[KeithMyloe]

Another more point worth mentioning and then I'll drop the topic in fear of being called something worse than dork...

Remember that many overos actually express a mixture of two or even all three types of overo genes. The fact is that many Paints are a mixed jumble of overo. This can make it quite difficult sometimes to exactly identify a horse's pattern because it is, in fact, exhibiting characteristics of more than one type.

[HairOfTheDog]

I think the color talk is interesting... there's a lot to breeding for color, that's why it's often a gamble to see what you are going to get. I've only had the one experience with a paint baby who was so perfect in every way 'cept solid! That wasn't a complete surprise, we knew he was not a guaranteed homozygous stallion, he just had the right body type and the long legs needed to counter our little stubby legged mare. I do think it's interesting that all the responsibility for color seems to rest on the stallion.

My other color experience is with appys as a kid, and I think they are even more of a gamble to predict what you are going to get.

I like Arabs - no preference for color, though Arab breeders spend a lot of time head-scratching about how to predict greys.

[tuffydoodle]

He's faking. He's getting all that stuff off the paint horse website.

I ain't fallin' for it.