The Namib Desert Horse is a breed available in the Horse Reality game, that can be caught in the African Wildlife Park.
| Namib Desert Horse | |
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| General Information | |
| Alternative name | Namibia Wild Horse |
| Origin | Namibia |
| Horse Reality | |
| Colours | Chestnut, Black, Bay, Wild Bay, Seal Brown, Flaxen, Sooty, Non-Dun1, Pangaré |
| Whites | White Markings |
| Not yet in-game | Lacing |
| Height | 144 - 163cm |
| Registry | Namib Desert Horse Society |
| Alternative names | Namib, NDH |
| Origin | African Wildlife Park |
| Status | In-game (2022) |
| Artists | |
| Lineart | D. Grochowska (2022) |
| Greyscale | D. Grochowska (2022) |
| Colours & patterns | H. Vasseur (2022) |
¶ Conformation
The Namib Desert Horse is an athletic breed that shows “well-bred characteristics in the head, skin and coat”[1]. Horses are lean-muscled, with sloping shoulders and croup, straight and clean limbs, and exceptional bone quality.
¶ Colour Genetics
This feral breed comes in all base colours: chestnut, bay, wild bay, seal brown, and black, the latter being the rarest. There's also evidence of colour modifiers present in the breed which are: flaxen, sooty, pangaré, and non-dun1.
The Namibia Wild Horse Foundation has confirmed that no other colours appear in the breed.
¶ Alleles
All alleles available for the breed can be found below highlighted in green. For better clarity, we bolded alleles that impact coat colours (eg. grey G vs non-grey g).
| Base Colours & Modifiers | ||
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| Extension | Agouti | Grey |
| E, e | A+, A, At, a | g |
| Dilutions | ||||
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| Cream-Pearl | Dun | Champagne | Silver | Mushroom |
| n | nd1, nd2 | ch | z | n |
| White Patterns | |||||
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| Frame | Appaloosa | PATN1 | MITF | SW2 | KIT |
| n | lp | patn1 | n | sw2 | n |
Please note that the table includes hidden agouti alleles (A+, and At). Besides testable genes, there are also untestable genes present: sooty, flaxen, pangaré, and white markings (head markings, socks, etc.).
¶ Artwork Updates
The Namib Desert Horse was released on July 27th 2022.[2] Ever since the current Horse Reality version has been online, the breed received/will receive the following updates:
- The missing genes and alleles can be added to the game through foundation horses.[3][4] Adding lacing will only be possible after the horse profiles & genetics have been transferred to V2 because they require additional coding work.[5]
¶ Breed in Real Life
The Namib Desert Horse is a feral breed found in the Namib Desert with a mysterious past. Feral horses are observed around the Garub water hole for a hundred years now but it is not known where the founding population of the breed comes from. One of the theories speculates that the Namibs are descendants of abandoned or lost military horses, but there are also stories connecting them with possible horse survivors from the farm of Baron von Wolf. Genetic tests revealed that Namibs have the closest resemblance to the Arabian group of breeds, but due to a lack of historical evidence supporting this, the result is possibly only a statistical error.[1] Current reports say that the herd has less than 200 horses, all of them displaying a small variety of base colours. Harsh environmental conditions and greatly limited genetic variability are the greatest challenges for the breed.
¶ References
- E. G. Cothrana, E. van Dykb, F. J. van der Merwe, Genetic variation in the feral horses of the Namib Desert, Namibia, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association (2001) 72(1): 18–22 (En.)
- https://v2.horsereality.com/news/105/game-update-namib-desert-horses-african-wildlife-park-opened-new-city-map-horse-notes-bug-fixes
- https://deloryan.notion.site/Horse-Breeds-Artwork-Genetics-6d0a84be35284b12806976bbb8cc886c
- https://v2.horsereality.com/news/52/community-update-v2-market-postponed-preparing-3rd-foundation-generation-about-breed-redos-new-art-intern-march-background
- https://v2.horsereality.com/news/25/brumby-arrival-on-july-28th-rules-update-thoroughbred-community-poll-foundation-names-changed