Design Guide

​⭐ There are three distinct variations of Lapin (see below). Please choose one when designing and edit the phenotype accordingly!

Genetics: Lap_
Locus: Lap

​English Lapin
(default - not required to edit pheno unless desired)

Overview:

• White marking that colors most of the horse, leaving the topline, eyes, and muzzle unaffected with optional body spotting.
• Dorsal stripe and markings should not be perfectly smooth; should have slightly rounded cutouts into the white.
• Body spotting should follow the body in a wave/curve, and may start at withers or hocks (can trail off or cover full area).
• Many English Lapin horses display a "beauty spot" beneath the eye, but this is optional.
• Some clustered spotting may also be present at the withers.
• Min/Max is a bit hard to define since the features can be mixed and matched a bit (bigger/smaller muzzle marking, more/less/no spots, etc).
• Mane/Tail: 
  • Forelock may be white if there is no pigment between the ears.
  • Otherwise unaffected (left colored normally).
• Skin: Pink where covering
• Eyes: No effect

Interactions:

• May interact with Patchwork, Inverse, Blotted, Halo, and Stained.

Range:

• Minimum:
  • Colored dorsal stripe extends from the poll (between ears) to the dock (start of tail).
  • Muzzle is left pigmented, fully covering the nostrils, lips, and chin. Around eye is also left pigmented.
  • Spots present from withers to hocks, plus one "beauty spot" under each eye.
• Maximum: 
  
  • Colored dorsal stripe extends from just behind the poll (between ears) to the dock (start of tail).
  • Muzzle is left pigmented, mostly covering the nostrils, lips, and chin (may end slightly early). Underneath eye is also left pigmented.

Grey on Blueberry Lapin + Rift, Wulf

Flaxen Liver Chestnut Lapin + Wulf

​Dutch Lapin
(required to edit pheno if chosen)

Overview:

• White marking that covers the neck and shoulder, with optional head markings.
• Face marking originates from a snip on the nose and bleeds up/outward. Cannot have other facial white if this is present.
• Markings should be fairly smooth at the edges, sloped inward rather than bulging outward.
• Mane/Tail: 
  • Mane solid white where touching
  • No effect on tail (does not reach)
• Skin: Pink where covering
• Eyes: No effect

Interactions:

• May interact with Patchwork, Inverse, Blotted, Halo, and Stained.

Range:

• Minimum: 
  • White at least 2/3 up the neck.
  • White from middle of withers to armpit.
• Maximum: 
  
  • White all the way up to throat and behind the ears.
  • White from end of withers to the same vertical point on the belly.
  • Face Marking: Starts at top of forehead and ends at the front edge of the cheek, wrapping in front of the eyes (not covering).

Silver Blueberry Dutch Lapin Rapunzel Orchid + Vitiligo

Sooty Pangare Liver Chestnut Splash Dutch Lapin Rapunzel

​Cali Lapin
(required to edit pheno if chosen)

Overview:

• White marking that covers the majority of the body, leaving extreme areas of the face and legs alone.
• May leave the knees/hocks alone, or leave the pasterns alone, but not neither/both/combo.
• Markings should have rounded cutouts into the white rather than being perfectly smooth, but shouldn't be spotty/jagged.
• Mane/Tail: 
  • Mane may be solid white, normal colored, or have a colored forelock if pigmented between the ears.
  • No effect on tail (always left colored normally).
• Skin: Pink where covering
• Eyes: No effect

Interactions:

• May interact with Patchwork, Inverse, Blotted, Halo, and Stained.

Range:

• Minimum: 
  • Color left on the ears, as well as the poll to bridge the space between them.
  • Color on the nose/muzzle, fully encompassing nostrils/lips/chin and spiking upward to the start of the eyes.
  • Color on the knees/hocks OR the pasterns (not both, neither, or a combination).
• Maximum: 
  
  • Color left on the ears only, but not the poll.
  • Color in a snip shape on the nose, at least as large as the nostril.
  • Color on the knees/hocks OR the pasterns (not both, neither, or a combination).

Blue Roan Cali Lapin + Chimera (Blue Roan)

Sooty Black Pearl Plum Cali Lapin (Carries Rapunzel) + Gemstone, Rift