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Color "Recipes"
The
first layer is the basecoat. EVERY horse is either red based
(chestnut/sorrel) or black based (black/bay):
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Red is "ee" (homozygous
recessive). Red can carry the agouti, but not show it.
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Black can be "Ee"
(heterozygous black) or "EE" (homozygous black). Black can not carry the
agouti and not show it...if it had the agouti, it would be bay.
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Bay is really a black horse
("Ee" or "EE") with the agouti (one or two copies).
Those are the "basecolors"
that are the first layer to any color. Here are some examples:
|
Color |
Recipe |
| Amber Champagne |
black + agouti +
champagne |
| Bay |
black + agouti |
| Bay Roan |
black + agouti + roan |
| Bay Tobiano |
black + agouti +
tobiano |
| Blue Roan |
black + roan |
| Buckskin |
black + agouti + cream |
| Chestnut Tobiano |
red + tobiano* |
| Classic Champagne |
black + champagne |
| Cremello |
red + 2 cream* |
| Flaxen Chestnut/Sorrel |
red + flaxen* |
| Gold Champagne |
red + champagne* |
| Ivory Champagne |
any basecolor + cream
+ champagne* |
| Palomino |
red + cream* |
| Perlino |
black + agouti + 2
cream |
| Red Roan/Strawberry
Roan |
red + roan* |
| Smokey Black |
black + cream |
| Smokey Cream |
black + 2 cream |
| Silver Dapple |
black + silver dapple |
*Remember, only red can "hide" the agouti.
A red-based horse may have one or more copies of the agouti.
Westwood
Farms
Locust Dale, Virginia 22948
westwood_farms@yahoo.com
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