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Genetics
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:
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Color
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Recipe
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| 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.
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