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WHAT CAN MAVERICK DO FOR YOUR
MARES?!
Cremello horses are known as "double
dilutes", horses which received two copies of the same cream
dilution gene that creates palomino and buckskin colors with a
single copy. They are just like any other normal, solid colored
horse.
When two cream dilute parents
(Palomino or Buckskin) are bred together, there is a 25% chance
that the resulting foal may get one cream dilute gene from each
parent, and be a double-dilute (Cremello or Perlino). The pale
double diluted color appeals to some people, and not others, but
regardless of whether you personally find it attractive, the
fact remains that it is just another color.
The upside is that breeding to a
Cremello like Maverick
ADDS SOME COLOR TO YOUR LIFE!
COLOR CHART
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A Horse
with the BASE color of: |
With ONE cream dilution gene added becomes: |
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 |
PALOMINO
A
sorrel/chestnut horse that received one copy of the
cream dilution 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 received 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 |
BUCKSKIN
A Bay horse
that received 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 received 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. |
SMOKY
BLACK
A Black
horse that received 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 received 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. |
For more information on Cremellos,
visit
DoubleDilute.com
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