How Do You Breed A Cremello Horse?
Breeding for color is a tricky business. Producing horse colors is like playing genetic dice. Sometimes you get what you want while sometimes you don’t. The results will be living, breathing creatures that need care and good homes, even if they aren’t the color you want. This article will give you the basics on how to go about breeding a horse with the Cremello coat color. Genetically, a Cremello is a chestnut horse with two copies of the “dilute” gene, making the Cremello a “double dilute” (essentially an albino). What this means in the breeding world is that the Cremello will always throw one copy of the dilute gene and one one copy of the chestnut gene. Finding a true Cremello is not as easy as it might seem, as a Perlino and a Cremello can look identical. Visually identifying a Cremello is not a guaranteed way to make certain of its genes. Although they are fairly recognizable with their pale coats (creme), usually white manes and tails, and blue or pink eyes, the only way to be ab
