Horse with the BASE color of:

With ONE cream dilution gene added becomes:

With TWO cream dilution genes added becomes:

SORREL/CHESTNUT

A Red based horse with no black gene and no dilution gene

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.

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.

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

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".

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).

BLACK

A Black based horse with no "bay" gene, and no dilution gene, ranging from "true" black to brown in appearance.

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.

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

 Last updated: 9th Sept, 2004
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