Surfer's Riptide

Surfer's Riptide, better known as just Riptide, is a 2009 stallion living on Assateague. Breyerfest is this weekend and he was honored with a Breyer model this year. His parents were the chestnuts Surfer Dude and Surf Queen. He has 6 daughters currently living on Assateague.

Riptide is a chestnut like both of his parents. He passes a copy of chestnut on to all of his foals, whether they are chestnut or not.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html

He has sired 13 black foals so far, three out of black mares. The only bay foals he's sired have been out of bay mares. It's a small sample but it appears he may not have a copy of agouti.

Riptide carries one copy of Splashed White 1. That's what gives him his socks and flashy blaze. He inherited SW1 from his sire Surfer Dude. While he has not been tested, several foals and siblings have been tested to have SW1. Even if they hadn't we have another clue in that he's sired two homozygous splashed whites. They are very distinctive and both parents must have SW1 for a foal to be one. It only happens about 1/4 times so it can take a while for one to pop up!
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/splash.html

He may also have Eden White 3 as one of his daughters and a nephew have been tested to have it.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/eden-white.html

One of Riptide's most distinctive features is his blonde mane and tail. This is from flaxen. We don't know how flaxen is inherited yet but we can see that it is genetic with Riptide's family and his offspring. Multiple foals of his are flaxen. His sire Surfer Dude was flaxen and so are many of his siblings.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/flaxen.html

Another distinctive feature is his dark chestnut coat. It appears this comes from sooty. He has quite a few sooty relatives. Sooty is another where we know that it's inherited somehow, but not how. His sire Surfer Dude, Surfer Dude's dam Gremlin, and Gremlin's unnamed dam were all sooty chestnuts.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/sooty.html