They say this Standardbred foal is a one in 200,000 colt. I know nothing about this, yet one in 200,000 seems they are being generous with the odds of this all white foal being produced by two bay parents. Any comments from the experts on this forum as to it's rarity? TJ
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They get that from there being 200,000 (USTA) registered standardbreds born since the last new white mutation. (That one has produced 3 white foals but she is of course white!) So he is indeed 1 white out of 200,000 non white standardbreds born since 1998.
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