Good information about the different colour patterns of American Paint Horses, such as Overo, Tobiano, Tovero, Splashed White and Sabino:
http://www.cactusroseranch.com/paint.html
Tell me my friends, isn't it a lot of disadvantages breeding too much on colour (or any other kind of "in line" breeding)? I'm specifically thinking about the more "extreme" colourig as splashed white. It doesn't look like a natural colour, and as in all breeding (for ex. a dog with brains too big for its cranium, "kicked in" noses and so on) there are usually some negative side effects. For ex. the OLWS-syndrome where completely white foals are born with uncompleted development of the colon, resulting in death. Are there side effects like that also in Tobianos?


A reining horse from New South Wales - splashed white

What to do with a retired reiner:
Source: http://www.reiningnsw.com/Gallery.html