Gold champagne

Champagne on a chestnut base: golden, with pink/mottled skin and amber eyes.

Gold champagne: Champagne on a chestnut base: golden, with pink/mottled skin and amber eyes.

What does this colour look like?

A golden body with light mane and tail, mottled skin and amber eyes. Looks like palomino but skin and eyes reveal champagne.

Body
golden
Mane and tail
light
Legs
golden
Skin
pink/mottled
Eyes
amber

How does this colour arise?

A chestnut with the champagne gene.

More about the genetics

Gold champagne = chestnut (e/e) + Ch. It differs from palomino by the mottled skin and amber eyes.

What is this colour often confused with?

  • Palomino

    You recognise a palomino by its golden coat with light, almost white mane and tail.

  • Champagne

    Champagne gives a metallic sheen, pinkish/mottled skin and light (amber) eyes.

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Sources: UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory · Sponenberg, D.P. & Bellone, R.R. (Wiley-Blackwell).