The cream gene (CR)

Description: This gene is called a dilution gene and when present it is responsible for creating lighter coats on the horses. It will create Palomino & Cremello (for the chestnut coats), Smoky Black & Smoky Cream (for the black coat) or Buckskin & Perlino (for the bay coat). Unlike the agouti gene, it influences both the black and the chestnut horses.

Notes:

1. It is a complex gene and in combination with other genes can create many different cream colors.
2. When both cream alleles are dominant [CR CR], the resulted colors will be different than when only one is (CR cr)

Forms:

1. cr cr - Color depends on the other genes
2. CR cr & cr CR - Responsible for creating diluted colors like Diluted Seal Brown, Palomino, Smoky Black and Buckskin
3. CR CR -  Responsible for creating colors like Cremello, Smoky Cream, Seal Brown Cream and Perlino

Generated colors: Amber Cream, Buckskin, Classic Cream, Cream Grulla, Sable Cream, Seal Brown Cream, Smoky Cream, Smoky Grulla, Cremello, Diluted Seal Brown,Palomino, Perlino, Perlino Dun, Gold Cream