Talk:Splashed white
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Splashed White in gypsies
This article erroneously claims:
"In the Gypsy horse, this pattern is called "blagdon:" "a solid colour with white splashed up from underneath."[2]"
[2] http://www.vanners.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Breed_Standard-021309.pdf
The reference makes no claim that blagdon is genetically Splashed White, and is merely describing the patterning. The description is general enough that on this evidence alone it's not possible to clarify exactly what blagdon refers to, and the usage of the phrase "splashed up" could be misleading. Note also that genetic traits such as Tobiano are consistently capitalised, while the phrase "splashed up" was not.
For your reference, a blagdon gypsy typically looks like this: http://www.gypsymvp.com/horses/sundance/sundance.html
Note the irregular edges of markings, and the belly spotting. Compare this to Splashed White, in which "the margins of the white markings are crisp, smooth, blocky, and well-defined" and which usually looks like the horse has "been dipped, feet-first, into white paint". This bears no resemblance to blagdon.
In other breeds, blagdon is called sabino, and is genetically Sabino 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabino_horse#Sabino_in_draft_horses
I have been unable to find any evidence of a gypsy with clear Splashed White traits, or which has tested positive to SW1, SW2 or SW3.
If you want to claim gypsies have Splashed White, you cannot do it based on the quoted reference. In the absence of any supporting evidence, I recommend removing the above claim from this article.