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I'm not sure how common it is, but I seem to get a lot of minimally marked (or no marks!) tobis. It's a little disappointing because the classic tobi pattern has a special place in my heart.

Oh wow, he is lovely :x

In the game, we have something called White Factor in the genetic information. It is not so much a gene as a combination of genetic factors that influences how much white shows up on a horse. It can range from None through Minimal, Light, Medium, and Large to Extensive.

Your first foal in this post has White Factor None, so he has very little white showing on his body. If you look at his hind leg, you will see a low white sock that has a sort of diagonal top line that slants roughly from the back toward the front. This is a typical game indication of a low White Factor foal that carries Tobiano.

The second foal (who is really striking) has White Factor Light. He shows some relatively restrained typical Tobiano patterniing, and some light white speckling from his White 8 mutation. If he had a larger White Factor, he would have a lot less color in his coat.

Here is a link from the Genetics Guide to how Ammit explains White Factor in the game. http://www.huntandjump.com/geneticsguide/?page_id=122 Because this is not something that is completely understood by scientists, she classes White Factor among the Fantasy Genes. This doesn't mean that it's something completely unnatural and made up like Nexus and Axiom, only that there isn't a verified scientific explanation or even a likely theory to explain why it works this way.

Thank you so much everyone! I really appreciate it! :D