Tested Pony: Wave Runner's Phantom of the Waves

This gorgeous stallion was a popular foal when he was born on Assateague in 2014. He's a son of Surfer Dude and Diamond's Jewel and is named Wave Runner's Phantom of the Waves. He lives at Wave Runner Chincoteague Ponies in Ohio. The first photo is one I took of him as a foal.

Phantom tested as e/e so he's a chestnut. All chestnuts test as such. He passes one copy of chestnut on to all of his foals and all of his foals with chestnut mares are chestnut.
He tested as a/a which means he does not carry agouti. He can't sire a bay without a mare providing agouti. Any foals with black mares will be black or chestnut (if the mare carries recessive chestnut).

Phantom has a half bald face which gave him his name and the test tells us why he has that marking. He tested as having one copy of Splashed White 1. His sire and half brother Surfer's Riptide also appear to have SW1. Interestingly his dam appeared to have SW1 too so Phantom could have received it from either parent. Phantom has a 3/4 brother, a daughter, a granddaughter and another close relative that are homozygous splashed white so the test result wasn't a big surprise.

Phantom has a couple things that we can't test for at this time, sooty and flaxen. Both run in his sire's family so it seems to be genetic in some way.

Thanks to Rebekah Hart for the 2023 pictures of Phantom of the Waves!