Fact Sheet Horse Coat Colour Splashed White
Fact Sheet Horse Coat Colour Splashed White Species: Horse Characteristic: Coat Colour Splashed White QUEN-Fact Sheet Nr. 49-EN Status: 01.06.2026 Species: Horse Characteristic: Coat Colour Splashed White QUEN-Fact Sheet Nr. 49-EN Status: 01.06.2026 1. Description of the trait Congenital deafness associated with white markings and blue eyes. So-called “splashed white” horses exhibit varying degrees of depigmentation of the coat, skin (including the mucous membranes), and iris, caused by mutations in the MITF and PAX-3 genes, which result in a lack of functional melanocytes in [...]