I would say she is... not the highest quality pastel, but somewhere around mid grade.
I bet she doesn't have the inky black markings along her stomach the way normals do.

The male is lighter, and is also pretty clean, but I really wouldn't call him a pastel.

He is light, and fairly clean, but there is still lots of black in the saddles and side pattern. I bet he also has the black markings along the belly.



I think your female is kind of like this girl below.

When dark, she looks low grade at best, but when light, she gets much lighter and her colors really come out, she looks more mid/high grade.

Thanks, Joe

Here she is kind of between light/dark phase

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
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