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Horse
with the BASE color of:
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With
ONE cream dilution
gene added becomes:
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With
TWO cream dilution genes added becomes:
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SORREL/CHESTNUT
A
Red based horse with no black gene and no dilution gene
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PALOMINO
A
sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of the cream dilition gene
from one of its parents, giving it a coat ranging in color from pale
cream, to golden, to chocolate and has a white mane and tail.
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CREMELLO
A
sorrel/chestnut horse that recieved one copy of the cream gene from both
of its parents, and has pink skin, blue eyes, cream to nearly white hair
coat, and a white mane and tail.
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BAY
A
Black based horse with the "bay" gene, which restricts the black
to the mane, tail and legs (also called black "points") and no
dilution gene
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BUCKSKIN
A
Bay horse that recieved one copy of the cream dilution gene from one of
its parents, giving it a diluted hair coat (the color can range from very
pale cream, to gold, to a dark "smutty" color,) and has black
"points".
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PERLINO
A
Bay horse that recieved one copy of the cream gene from both of its
parents, and has pink skin, blue eyes, a cream to white colored coat and a
darker mane and tail (often orange or red tinted).
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BLACK
A
Black based horse with no "bay" gene, and no dilution gene,
ranging from "true" black to brown in appearance.
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SMOKY
BLACK
A
Black horse that recieved one copy of the cream dilution gene from one of
its parents, but probably looks no different than any other black or brown
horse.
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SMOKY
CREAM
A
Black horse that recieved one copy of the cream gene from both of its
parents, possessing pink skin, blue eyes, and an orange or red cast to the
entire hair coat
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updated: 9th Sept, 2004
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