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Ammit · Jan 6, 2020 2:10 PM

The Chocolate allele is found in most breeds of dogs and many domesticated animals but is notably absent in horses. It is a mutation of the gene TYRP1. TYRP1 mutations have long since been bred out of domestic horses save for a few lines like Mongolian horses. Chocolate, as depicted here, is not a true horse gene but I am going to let it fall into the "hypothetical" category. There is no reason why it could not be found in an exciting forgotten line from the wild steppes.

Chocolate is recessive and requires two copies of (bb) to show. It works by turning black pigment into chocolate-colored pigment. Horses that do not show black pigments like ee, heavy dilution, and watercolor horses will not show chocolate. Chocolate is NOT a dilution it is an actual shift in the structure of the pigment resulting in a unique shade of 'black' pigment.

Chocolate is a limited edition gene. It is not creatable in foundations but can be added via the RGS or the GMT lab. It is available right now.

As a grand milestone horse, celebrating 10 million horses on Bluegrass Server and 5 million horses on Forest Server, a straw from Khansuudyn Suns has been gifted to every member of the server. You have three seasons to use it before it expires. Straws are only usable by upgraded members, but free accounts have received a straw as well and will have access to them if they upgrade before the straws expire.

Khansuudyn Suns

HomeSweetHome · Jan 6, 2020 2:16 PM

Thank you!

IR Thanks Ammit

BlackWyld · Jan 6, 2020 2:42 PM

*Cue fangirl squealing*

Thank you Ammit!
^:)^

BlackWyld · Jan 6, 2020 2:56 PM

So, I have never been here when any of the previous milestone studs have been released and am super nervous about figuring out who to pair him with.

How will this guy do with a B papered mare?

Does he have some extra magic in his genetics that will help foals created from his straws pass testing or is it a gamble just like any other stallion straw in the breeding lab?

Ammit · Jan 6, 2020 3:03 PM

Does he have some extra magic in his genetics that will help foals created from his straws pass testing or is it a gamble just like any other stallion straw in the breeding lab?

Your best bet is expro mares or even better double boosted mares, as he is 110% ability.

BlackWyld · Jan 6, 2020 3:33 PM

Thanks Ammit. :)
I plan to match him with an ExPerf mare.

BreezyCreek · Jan 6, 2020 3:49 PM

2G Chocolate Suns
She didn’t pass BA, but she’s an awfully flashy show pony! Thanks Ammit!

HTRanch · Jan 6, 2020 3:54 PM

Two questions:
Is it worth just using a non-boosted Expro mare and saving my IVs to boost the foal?

Also I have two alt accounts who won't use these straws. I understand selling them would be a no-no, but could I host a giveaway for them instead?

RipshinCreekFarm · Jan 6, 2020 3:57 PM

Thank you for this awesome new gene Ammit! I am in love with the look of it. Now I have to decide which line gets it - the brown splash M or the silver black chinchilla. Decisions, decisions :) Here is my girl, out of a Rhythm of Four mare. She is my favorite color - heavily dappled buckskin

Daughter Of The Sun

jezmynespice1 · Jan 6, 2020 4:17 PM

Should I use this straw on a black horse or a bay horse?!

Firebrand · Jan 6, 2020 4:20 PM

II Son of Khan DP Bb sa B

My gorgeous boy that I can't bring myself to put through breeding advice lol

ETA: He passed!

WolfDen · Jan 6, 2020 4:23 PM

Interesting, thank you.

WD Crossed Suns

FallenShadows714 · Jan 6, 2020 4:45 PM

Oh my gosh I love him! And he’s A papered and passed SBA :x Thank you thank you Ammit!

5532081

AgainstTheOdds · Jan 6, 2020 5:22 PM

How are we getting straws?

LairRua · Jan 6, 2020 5:23 PM

I got this gorgeous girl that passed BA

II Sun Keeper Bb DP

FallenShadows714 · Jan 6, 2020 5:33 PM

@AgainstTheOdds It is in your breeding lab, when you go to use your straws to either hand breed or create embryos it will be listed there under the stallions name.

SandycreekFarm · Jan 6, 2020 5:37 PM

Go to the Advanced Breeding Lab, Use Straws. Use the drop down box to find his name "Khansuudyn Suns". Select the mare you wish to use.

I used my straw on an Exceptionally Perfect Riding Horse mare and got this lovely colt, which is A papered and tested Superior to Sire. Whee! Thanks, Ammit.

Suns Surprise

I will be making him consistent. ... Done.

SandycreekFarm · Jan 6, 2020 5:41 PM

Thanks, Ammit, for making this gene searchable so quickly!

AgainstTheOdds · Jan 6, 2020 5:47 PM

@FallenShadows714 Thanks.

Ammit Thank-you! I love my filly.

Ghost of KhansuudynSun

Haltanny · Jan 6, 2020 6:18 PM

Woo! Bought 4 copies already!

BlaxkDiamond · Jan 6, 2020 7:36 PM

Thank you. My girl papered blue and passed BA.

2g 5532693

SilverAleki · Jan 6, 2020 8:18 PM

Thank you so much! I love my chocolate boy! He will be a great edition to my lines :D

SA Rising Son 2G

Lallyhop · Jan 6, 2020 9:00 PM

Papered blue and passed SBA, and even got the S+, I love her

Khansuudyn Legacy

FallenShadows714 · Jan 6, 2020 10:09 PM

Just to clarify, does this gene only require black pigment to "activate" (besides being homozygous recessive), or is it intensified/distorted/shifted by the agouti gene?

pestilenttempest · Jan 7, 2020 12:26 AM

2g chocolate sup 5535163

Aga before boost, superior post boost ^_^ I don’t breed “blacks” anymore so I guess I’ll have to bootstrap him haha.

MakeMeABird · Jan 7, 2020 1:03 AM

RS Heavenly Peal
I couldn't help it. I differently be removing roan. Then probley add hom s+. Will DP darken the this gene or not?

AgainstTheOdds · Jan 7, 2020 2:27 AM

I just happened to have a stud project that I wasn't sure what to do with. He just needs sooty +, ice 12 and LP removed.

ATO Hez Wild Chocolate 1g

Katiedid2 · Jan 7, 2020 2:28 AM

How does one get a free straw?

AgainstTheOdds · Jan 7, 2020 2:30 AM

It is in your breeding lab, when you go to use your straws to either hand breed or create embryos it will be listed there under the stallions name.

Katiedid2 · Jan 7, 2020 2:33 AM

Oh found it, Thank you.

CeffylDwr · Jan 7, 2020 5:37 AM

If I can justify the expense of a boost she might get a chance to stay and not get snipped (passed BA but papered lower than folks so doubt she would pass SBA) as I think she's probably a high red currently and boost could pop her up to a blue. She sure is cute though.

G2 HOC 5536515

jezmynespice1 · Jan 7, 2020 6:24 AM

Here’s my cute chocolaty boy!

5536925 khansuudyn foal

Riverstone18 · Jan 7, 2020 2:12 PM

i LOVE my baby girl! Thank you Ammit! :x ^:)^

RST2g Queen Khan

pfrsue · Jan 7, 2020 2:14 PM

Snipped, but too pretty not to try. After two boosts, he's still not as good as his sire, but he IS as good as my XP stallions. He can be my most expensive mediocre stallion. :)

PFR Khan Do

WyldWood · Jan 7, 2020 3:35 PM

I crossed him with my Hidden Gates mushroom girl and got this pretty filly that passed SBA!
She was a chocolate palomino at first but I tweaked her a bit.

WW G2 HetMU MongolShroom

Do we know if Khansuuden is hom or het DP?

I could not edit either allele on my girl so I know she is definitely het but am hoping she is hom.

Bambi207 · Jan 7, 2020 5:54 PM

I got a superior son from Khansuudyn Suns! :O

These kind of things never happen to me on server 1
:-S

5540117 sup KS

Maribo · Jan 7, 2020 6:41 PM

Aw, mine was only yellow papered.

2 suns 5540569

duelinghawks · Jan 8, 2020 10:13 PM

Hidden Sun
Mine is out of a Hidden Gates mare...papered C but may be a boost project for someone. Make an offer if interested.

Seaswell · Jan 9, 2020 5:11 AM

I didn't even know I needed this...

G2 Hot Chocolate

KniKna · Jan 9, 2020 10:34 AM

Very intrigued by this gene. I got this beautiful blue papered filly. Thank you Ammit! :x

0 CP2 choc sun

Dinascar · Jan 9, 2020 10:52 PM

Thank you so much. I got this filly - passed BA (I know she won't pass sba but that's ok). But I love the look :)

2G Khan5551090

BorderCollie · Jan 10, 2020 1:05 AM

First of all, thank you!
Second, would you mind letting us know how long it will be available for?

Ren · Jan 10, 2020 1:19 AM

Thank you Ammit! This boy passed SBA and tested superior to his daddy! :)

g2 Khans Countdown

KniKna · Jan 10, 2020 3:20 AM

Couldn’t help myself. Boyo looks amazing :x

0 CP1 Futuristic

RiverMeadows · Jan 10, 2020 4:57 AM

I. Love. Her.

Kahn

Summervine · Jan 10, 2020 7:31 AM

In case anyone wants to know what it looks like on a sooty bay mushroom ...

01X A Scanner Darkly

:X

DragonRun · Jan 10, 2020 3:56 PM

I had to boost my foal to get him to pass and make him superior. I also have a hom foundation. Foal from straw:

2A4 KhansGift CbB

Hom foundation:

1B5 EP ChocoLa bb

DragonRun · Jan 10, 2020 4:08 PM

Hmmm, On my screen ChocoLa's picture has not updated since I added Hom DP, Sty and S+ and changed AA to Hom brown. If he has dapples his picture is updated.

BreezyCreek · Jan 11, 2020 1:56 AM

Do you need to “own” this gene to buy straws from a horse that carries it? It shows up orange, and I haven’t bought the license, but I technically own a horse with it (from my straw).

SpryOfJune · Jan 11, 2020 2:18 AM

@BreezyCreek, no. We all automatically got a free straw from the above stallion, which means it is an open gene.

BreezyCreek · Jan 11, 2020 3:19 PM

Thanks!

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