# Asteria

![76_Asteria.gif](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-07/76-asteria.gif)

**Details:**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-renewable%3A-%C2%A0-stackab"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">![asteria_arishant.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/asteria-arishant.png)</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #34055d;"><td colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;">**Horse Information**</span>

</td></tr><tr><td>**Type:**

</td><td>Horse</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Coat Name:**

</td><td>Asteria</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Coat Color:**</td><td>Leopard Appaloosa</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Markings:**</td><td>Leopard Spotting (Widespread)

Black Streaked Mane

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Eye Color:**</td><td>Blue</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #34055d;"><td class="align-center" colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffffff;">**Coat Information**</span></td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Data Value:**

</td><td>\#76</td></tr><tr><td>**Obtainable:**

</td><td>Lapis / Redstone</td></tr><tr><td>**Category:**

</td><td>Staff Choice</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Version Added:**</td><td>V1 (Beta)</td></tr><tr><td class="align-right">**Artist:**</td><td>Arishant</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Trivia**

<div class="pointer-container" id="bkmrk-%C2%A0"><div class="pointer anim is-page-editable"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="link" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg><div class="input-group inline block"> <button class="button outline icon" data-clipboard-target="#pointer-url" title="Copy Link" type="button"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="copy" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></button></div><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="edit" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></div></div>Asteria is referred to in SWEM as a smudged Leopard Appaloosa - a very apt name for the coat though not a recognised one for Appaloosa markings. Based on the mane colouring, Asteria is either a black or bay base. The spotting would also suggest either a black or a dark bay base.  
  
When designing the coat, Arishant used a reference of a horse (*Buchiko*) with an entirely different set of genetics known as W14. W14 is a deletion mutation noted as a rare occurrence in Thoroughbreds, often producing totally or near completely white horses with occasional spotting in the base coat colour.

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#### **Images**

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![76_Asteria.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/76-asteria.png)

</details><details id="bkmrk-reference-%28right%29"><summary>Reference (Right)</summary>

![76_Asteria2.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/76-asteria2.png)

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