Gold Champagne
A gold champagne horse is a horse with a chestnut (a.k.a. red) base coat and the champagne gene. This dilutes the colour to a golden yellow tone.
Looks Like (Phenotype)
With chestnut-based horses, the red pigment is diluted to a golden yellow. Mane and tail are often lightened to nearly white, but they may also remain dark and keep the coat's shade.
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Tip
Often this coat is confused with palomino. Keep an eye out for the freckled pink skin which you can find at the nose, around the eyes and the groin. A palomino has a grey skin in those areas.
Often this coat is confused with palomino. Keep an eye out for the freckled pink skin which you can find at the nose, around the eyes and the groin. A palomino has a grey skin in those areas.
Variations
There may be some variation, but due to the lightening of the colour, most of the gold champagne horses have a very similar colour.
Behind the Colour (Genotype)
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Game Tip
Curious to see all kinds of champagne coats side by side? Get yourself some Quarter Horses or Mustangs in our game Horse Reality, get them tested at the lab and see for yourself what they can look like.
Curious to see all kinds of champagne coats side by side? Get yourself some Quarter Horses or Mustangs in our game Horse Reality, get them tested at the lab and see for yourself what they can look like.
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