RD Chica

Liver chestnut (DNA confirmed) PRE (Andalusian) mare who is believed to carry a recessive ("pearl") dilution gene.  She has birthed two foals that look like double-dilutes at maturity (see below), by the double-cream-dilute stallions, Q and Saphiro.  She has been DNA color tested and is ee (chestnut), crcr (no cream.) She currently is owned by this lucky farm: http://ssandalusians.com/ Spanish Springs Andalusians.

When Chica foaled Majodero by Q , back in 2001,  Barb Kostelnik (the author of this web site) thought that meant that Q and the foal were Iberian champagnes.   But Carolyn Shepard, president of the ICHR, somehow knew this wasn't the case. Majodero did not look like a champagne cream as he matured. Q's many, many other foals never showed any unexplained dilutions.  Instead, Chica's progeny followed the pattern we could expect if she were carrying a recessive dilution gene which was activated by cream.  Only cream dilute sires produced "pearl-creams" out of her, and only about 50% of the time.  Those same cream dilute sires never produced this new color out of other mares.   That made her the carrier, and since she's so dark, it was obvious it must be recessive.

Chica's 10 foals (please correct as needed, by emailing me, Barb, at  webmaster@newdilutions.com )

6  non dilute foals (blacks & bays) sired by black & bay stallions, at least one of which (a mare, Querida) is a Pearl carrier

2  "pearl-cream" foals sired by Saphiro & Q respectively

1   single dilute foal (palomino) sired by Q

1  chestnut foal  sired by a chestnut stallion

CHICA's PEDIGREE

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