Tested Pony: Misty's Hurricane Izzy. Part 2.

An add on to Sunday's post about my pony, Misty's Hurricane Izzy. I thought I'd share her non-color test results. Just because I can!

Izzy has one copy of DMRT3 which is known as the gait gene. Izzy's not gaited, but I've noticed she'll have some weird transitions between gaits sometimes. I'm told this is common for non-gaited horses with this gene.

Her temperament tested as curious and vigilant. That checks out as she's always got an eye out, takes a bit to trust, and is on the hotter side.

Her performance tested as Endurance. Lines up with her Arabian ancestry.

She has little inbreeding with her Genomic Inbreeding Value at 2.7%.

Breed ancestry testing is still in its early stages. The main problem is that most horse breeds are a combo of multiple breeds. Many breeds can't be genetically isolated from another. Chincoteagues don't have a genetic marker that all of them will have so determining if a pony is a Chincoteague through breed testing is impossible.

Izzy's a great granddaughter of the Arabian Al-Marah Sunny Jim on her sire's side and the Mustang Broken Jaw on her dam's side. Izzy's ancestry report from Etalon said:
-26.1% Near East. That Arabian great grandsire but with a bit of Akhal Teke at 3%.
-24.1% North Sea. 13% Icelandic and 8% Shetland. Also 2% Fjord and 1% North Swedish.
-21.2% European Heavy Horse. 7% Belgian, 6% Freiberger, 5% Fell Pony, 3% Clydesdale. The most surprising to me, perhaps from the Mustang?
-9.9% Ibearian/Spanish breeds. 5% Paso and 5% Andalusian. Little bit of Mangalarga. Not much of that famed Spanish blood in my girl.
-9.2% Carriage Horse. 8% Saddlebred and 1% Standardbred. Old American breeds.
-7.5% Thoroughbred
-2% Exmoor Pony

Izzy's ancestry testing also included matching with related ponies. She matched with a descendant of her sire's sire Lightning of Chincoteague, a descendant of her sire's dam Misty II, and a descendant of her damsire Ocean Star.