Can it be both? =P
The top view truly looks hypo to me. The bronzing of the rings around the saddles, doesn't look like any normal I've seen.
Yet the belly checkers are blacker than I'd expect to see in a hypo. But they don't really look like normal checkers either. My normal had definite black checkers that didn't appear faded.
I can see why you're asking for opinions. About the only definite way to tell would be to breed it to a known hypo and see what pops out. That'd settle it once and for all.
And then you have the delimma of trying to determine which "hypo" it is. :devil01: