Champagne dilutes both red and black pigment. Red pigment gets diluted to a golden color, black to a chocolate brown shade. Champagne horses have pink to lavender skin with mottling/freckling, and amber or hazel colored eyes.
Colors
Gold champagne
Gold champagne is a horse coat color caused by the champagne dilution acting on a chestnut base. The coat is golden with a creamy or white mane and tail, amber coloured eyes, and freckled skin.
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Classic champagne
Classic champagne is a horse coat color caused by the champagne dilution acting on a black base. The coat is dark brown/tan with darker points, amber eyes and freckled skin.
Hannelore Roodhooft
Amber champagne
Amber champagne is a horse coat color caused by the champagne dilution acting on a bay base. The coat is light brown/tan with darker points, amber eyes and freckled skin.
Hannelore Roodhooft
Cream combinations
Gold cream
Classic cream
Amber cream
Gene
SLC36A1 gene
The SLC36A1 gene is responsible for the color champagne in horses.
Hannelore Roodhooft
Presence in horses
The champagne dilution originated in North America and, as a result, is primarily present in American breeds like the Quarter Horse, Tennessee Walking Horse, etc.
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