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That is Kit Promoter or KP as it is affectionately called around here. It is a hidden gene so you can not test for it and it requires the horse have two kit genes and be hom KP for it to express. In this case Jester has two W20 and is hom KP allowing it to be expressed. Only horses who express it can be registered in the Kit Promoter Club. It will not occur on normal creates so if a foundation horse has it the owner either GMTd it on or added it from the RGS which is the only way to introduce it to a line initially. Since your boy is Hom KP he will automatically pass on Het KP, breed him with other Hom KPs to guarantee a Hom KP, Het KP you have I believe a 50/50 chance of the baby being Hom KP but even if bred to a non KP horse his offspring will be Het KP and have a chance of throwing KP further down the line when crossed with other Het or Hom KPs.

Thank you!!

How do you get Hom KP into your lines? If you can't test for it, how do you find horses that have it?

I usually have a lot of 2g fillies that are het KP, meaning they don’t have the cloud but if you breed them to a Hom KP stud you’d have a 50% chance of the foal being Hom KP. I usually spay about half of my fillys but I could keep a couple for you for next month if you’d like? Same with a colt. They wouldn’t be hom KP but it would be a start.

@Bezza sending PM.