Comments on: Cream of the Crop

By: Lisa Covey

Lisa Covey — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:08:11 +0000

Christine,

Thank you for your e-mail. To answer your question, the dark spots on your palomino stallion are Bend Or (sometimes Bed d’Or) spots. These spots can be widely spread over the body and can vary from very large unmistakable to small and inconspicuous.

We can describe these “spots” on the certificate, but would call them “patches of darker colored hair scattered over body”. From your explanation I would go ahead and send the Cerfificate of Registration, photos and $10.00 in for this correction.

Lisa Covey or Debbie Black
Equine Color Specialist

By: christine

christine — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:39:25 +0000

Hi, I have a Palomino Stallion and he has black spots all over, he looks like a gold appaloosa, no white spots. I was wondering how this came about. His papers dont give any clues. Thanks..

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Breeding a Grulla to a Palomino – America’s Horse Daily — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:17:04 +0000

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By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:43:42 +0000

I just want to thank everyone for their questions and answers. Reading this one page, I got more information than I have from our vet and any other website I have found. Also, I just want to add, I recently aquired a beautiful cremello stallion. He is the most wonderful, well mannered horse I have come across. Yes, he likes to roll in the mud right after his bath, get grass stains on him, so next time I bathe him it takes forever to get him to look clean, but in all respect for him, I wouldn’t trade him for any other horse out there. I know there are many who do not care for this color, I undersatnd it is time consuming to get them ready for a show, etc. But, there are some people, like me, who just love horses dearly, and color doesn’t matter. I’d gladly wash him for hours a day just having his company than trade him for an “easier” horse to groom. Oh, and we have not had a problem with him getting sun burnt, amazingly, I had more problems out of our paint. We are getting ready to have our fist set of foals this year, he bred 2 dapple grey mares and a red roan appaloosa. So, it will be very interesting to see what we will get. Again, I just wanted to say thank you for all of your questions and answers, they have been more than helpful.

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By: Palomino or Gray Stallion

Palomino or Gray Stallion — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:39:23 +0000

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By: Virginia Wilcox

Virginia Wilcox — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:34:50 +0000

I feel I am pretty proficient in the dilute genetics, but what is it called when you get a seal brown base color with a dilute gene? I have a half arab buckskin (golden)that I bred to my sorrel and white paint stallion, the colt has an appearance of being a smutty buckskin but when he shed out this summer he definitly had a seal brown affect to him. Golden around his muzzle, eyes and under the flanks and on his hind legs along the long muscle running down the back. The rest of him was a much darker buckskin. I also have a mare that is a true seal brown so I am familiar with the effects. Thank you.

By: Lisa Covey

Lisa Covey — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:58:35 +0000

Dear Sandra,

Thank you for your e-mail and to answer your question, I would treat this palomino stallion that has turned gray as if he were palomino if used for breeding. He can still pass on the creme dilution to an offspring and if bred to another creme diluted horse could result in a double creme diluted offspring.

Lisa Covey or Debbie Black
Equine Color Specialist

By: sandra millar

sandra millar — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:24:35 +0000

i have a palomino foal turning grey and his mum was a palomino turned grey and dad was a grey,will the foalhave palomino and cremello offspring?

By: Debbie Black, Equine Color Specialist

Debbie Black, Equine Color Specialist — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:31:41 +0000

Dear Shelley,

It is possible for a gray horse to carry the creme dilution. Most likely the gray sire of your mare was a palomino or buckskin before he turned gray.

AQHA rules allow you to show your cremello mare, even at halter. I am not aware of any bias and color should not play a role in judging a horse on conformation. That doesn’t mean we humans don’t have preferences.

I am glad you found our wonderful Quarter Horse and a very sweet lovely mare to boot! Enjoy her no matter what you do.

By: shelley macmillan

shelley macmillan — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:43:07 +0000

I have a cremello mare, but a photo of her Sire looks like he is grey. I did not think this was possible. What do you think?

Also, conformation wise, my mare is beautiful- in fact, halter qualitly. I was told by a trainer not to waste my time conditioning her for halter showing– that there is a bias against cremellos in the showring. Do you agree?

This is my first AQHA horse– I come from a different breed– and I have never had such a sweet, trainable, steady horse. I am impressed– either I just lucked into a great horse, or I have found a new breed (or both!)

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