What is the genetic status of a horse that has inherited no Lp gene?
Until there is a lab test for Lp, the current method of physical inspection of solid Appaloosas is all we have. When it has been decided that the horse is definitely non-characteristic, it should be recognized that this is still potentially a useful breeding animal. This horse many have inherited at least some of the white-helping genes that assist the white Appaloosa pattern gene (Lp). It can potentially transmit these to its offspring, and help to produce a coloured Appaloosa in this manner, as long as it is crossed to an Appaloosa that can guarantee an Lp gene to its babies and your best odds are crossing to a white one!
