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SINGLE CREAM FACTOR

Palomino

Genetic Formula: ee, CC^cr, dd, gg, ww, toto

Description:

Palomino horses are well noted for there golden colored bodies. They vary from a rich cream color to a minted gold or chocolate color. At its lightest the Palomino may be confused with a Cremello except for the fact that the light Palomino will have dark skin and eyes, while the Cremello will have blue eyes and pink skin. At its darkest the Palomino is affected by the Sooty factor darkening its body color to chocolate.

Buckskin

Genetic Formula: E, A, CC^cr, dd, gg, ww, toto

Description:

Buckskin horses vary in body color like the Palomino from cream, to gold, or chocolate if the Sooty factor is involved. Where Buckskin's are a single cream dilution on bay they also have the black points (Mane, Tail, Ears and legs). Buckskins may have counter-shading but never any other dun type markings.

Smokey Black

Smoky Black is visually a Black horse but they carry one Ccr gene and so can produce cream diluted offspring. Since the Cream dilution does not affect the Black body coloring of a horse a Smoky Black will appear to be a Black horse. Smoky Cream status may be determined by a cream factor foal being born when the mare/stallion is bred to non cream carrying horse.

Markings* on Cream Factor Horses

Black + Agouti (bay) + Creme + Tobiano (Paint) = Buckskin/Tobiano

Buckskin+Tobiano (paint)

Red + Creme + Splashed (Paint) = Palomino/Overo

Palomino+Overo (Paint)

Palomino Roan (Courtesy of Lynne pasobeat@vip.net)

Palomino+Sabino (Paint)

Palomino Blanket (Appy)

Palomino + Blanket Hip/Back (Appaloosa)

Dilutes/Modifiers/Sooty* on Cream Factor Horses

Red + Creme + Champagne (Ivory Champagne)

Champagne

Red + Dun + Creme (Dunalino)

Palomino+Dun

Black + Agouti (Bay) + creme + Silver Dapple (Creme Silver)

Buckskin + Silver Dapple

Red + Creme + Sooty (Sooty Palomino)

Palomino + Sooty

Black + Agouti (Bay) + Sooty (Sooty Buckskin)

Buckskin+ Sooty

Foal Coat SHADES*

Palomino Foal (Most palomino foals are born very light and darken at two some are born almost red and foal shed golden)

Palomino (may be any shade from Cream to Golden Red)

Buckskin Foal (Notice the legs do not get black until foal shed)

Buckskin (The black on the legs come at foal shed)

*There are many, many more varieties

DOUBLE CREAM FACTOR

Cremmello

Cremello Genetic Formula: C^crC^cr

Description:

Cremello with their cream colored bodies and points (legs, and ears) are often mistaken as whites. A Cremello mane and tail may range from cream to white, and they are born with pink skin and blue eyes. Cremello horses are the culmination of two cream genes generally they are born to two Palomino parents but may also come from a Palomino and a Buckskin or Cremello and Perlino parents.

Perlino

Perlino's have Crème colored bodies with crème to pale orange colored points. They are usually the result of two Buckskins but may come from a Palomino and Buckskin or Perlino and Palomino parents.

Black + Double Creme (Smokey Creme)

Smokey Cream

Smoky Cream horses are generally cream colored bodies with cream to bronze colored points. They are difficult to tell apart from a Perlino just by looking at them. It is important two have a correct color history to properly identify them. The Smoky Cream is a double cream dilution on a Black base.

Markings* on Double Cream Factor Horses

Cremello Overo (Paint) Perlino/ Few Spot Blanket (Appy)

Dilutes/Modifiers/Sooty* on Double Cream Factor Horses

Black + Agouti (Bay) + Double Creme + Sooty (Sooty Perlino)