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Description
The Appaloosa pattern is best known for its distinctive, preferred leopard complex-spotted coat. Spotting occurs in several overlay patterns on one of several base coat colors. There are two other distinctive, "core" characteristics:
Mottled skin
Striped hooves
Skin mottling is usually seen around the muzzle, eyes, anus, and genitalia. Striped hooves are a common trait, quite noticeable on Appaloosas, but not unique to the breed. The sclera is the part of the eye surrounding the iris; although all horses show white around the eye if the eye is rolled back, to have a readily visible white sclera with the eye in a normal position is a distinctive characteristic seen more often in Appaloosas than in other Colors.

The appaloosa complex does not cause blue eyes.

Spotted Blanket - nLp or nLp[PATN Frost] or nLp[PATN Snow] - A white blanket which has dark spots within the white. The spots are usually the same color as the horse's base color.

Description
The Appaloosa pattern is best known for its distinctive, preferred leopard complex-spotted coat. Spotting occurs in several overlay patterns on one of several base coat colors. There are two other distinctive, "core" characteristics:
Mottled skin
Striped hooves
Skin mottling is usually seen around the muzzle, eyes, anus, and genitalia. Striped hooves are a common trait, quite noticeable on Appaloosas, but not unique to the breed. The sclera is the part of the eye surrounding the iris; although all horses show white around the eye if the eye is rolled back, to have a readily visible white sclera with the eye in a normal position is a distinctive characteristic seen more often in Appaloosas than in other Colors.

The appaloosa complex does not cause blue eyes.

Spotted Blanket - nLp or nLp[PATN Frost] or nLp[PATN Snow] - A white blanket which has dark spots within the white. The spots are usually the same color as the horse's base color.