12 Comments on “Horse Color Dilutes – Cream Gene

  1. Nikki

    Hey,

    Just a helpful bit of information…
    The cream gene does effect black horses even in a single dose.
    creme on black creates a smoky black like the black horse pictured.
    A double dose of the cream gene on black is a smoky cream which looks like a slightly darker cremello
    Both are very different from greys.
    :)

  2. LuvsMyGirls

    so this might be a silly question but i was wondering what causes a horse to be a “sooty” palomino and not just a regular palomino with darker points. i just bought a mare that has genetically tested to be a “sooty” palomino and as i plan to breed her eventually i would like to understand. any help is appreciated.

    THANKS!

  3. Michael

    Hi
    Can anyone tell me if I can breed my dark bay stallion with any colour mare and not get a cremello or perlino foal or do I have to have him gene tested

  4. Heather

    The pony under palomino that you claim is a “dark palomino” most certainly is not. There is NO cream gene there — that’s clearly a silver dapple, which is a totally different gene. That pony is not a genetic chestnut at all, it’s genetically black. Silver dilutes black. At best, the pony has Agouti as well and is a bay silver, but I doubt it.

  5. Clodagh

    I have a golden palomino stallion that I would like to breed from. I do not know his parents. How do I go about finding out whether he has the cream gene and what would be the best colour mare to breed him with to try and get the golden palomino colour.

  6. Snoo

    Hi,
    I was just wondering if I bred a Non-Fading Black Stallion with a Smoky Cream would I get anything other than a Smoky Black? And if I bred a pale chestnut with the same stallion what would I get?

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