Gold

Champagne on Chestnut

This pretty gold AQHA filly belongs to Rita Gambino of Long Island, New York. She's all grown up now and has a flaxen mane & tail.

Gold is the result of one or two champagne genes acting upon an otherwise red (sorrel or chestnut) horse. This can have several different results, depending upon which other genes are present. Usually they have a flaxen (white) mane and tail; sometimes they are born the same beautiful golden-sorrel color all over, like this one.

The usual way the Champagne gene affects a red (sorrel or chestnut) based horse is to create a golden body color with a flaxen, or near-white, mane & tail. This horse is usually registered as a Palomino, even though the skin is some shade of pink with freckles, not the normal dark skin of the Palomino. The term "mottled", under skin color, may allow for this in the PHBA registry (Palomino Horse Breeders of America.) Nearly the entire American Cream Draft Horse breed is gold Champagne, which they call "medium cream".

Champagne Cadillac, a Gold Champagne AQHA stallion owned by Mrs. Kimberlee Brown of WI.

Clar Ann Cap's Judy, a Gold Champagne American Cream Draft Horse mare, owned by Chris Ertl in WI. Nearly this entire breed is Gold Champagne, with some being Gold creams and a very few palominos.

Zippo's Millenium Bug, a Gold mare owned by Ereidi Farms

The Gold TWH stud colt, Primed For Cash. Note pink, freckled skin under tail, right. The younger the horse, usually, the fewer freckles.

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Solid Gold Champagne filly Zips SiouxzQ Outlaw (photo at top) had a mane and tail that matched her body until she matured, when they started growing in flaxen. See Cita, below, for a very different Gold.

Ellie Mae, a 10 month old Gold champagne MFT filly, sired by Danny's Pride of Princess S. (aka Lobo) out of a dark red chestnut mare, Sal's Good Sugar Baby (right). We'll be watching to see if her mane & tail lighten up.

This is Ellie Mae again, also at 10 mos., in winter coat, in CA. Her close-up pictures of eye, muzzle and under-tail show clearly that she is a champagne. Add to this her famous Gold champagne sire, Lobo, and she gets registered as Gold champagne.

Lobo's proud owner is Linda Vishino, Zorro Farms , St. Louis, MO

Here is an extraordinarily colored Gold champagne mare. We don't know why her mane & tail are so dark, but all of her other attributes, including her pedigree and full sisters, put her firmly in the "Gold champagne" category. JIL Doccita Gold ("Cita")

There are many more golds, of course, in our stud book; why not have a look through it? STUD BOOK main page.

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International Champagne Horse Registry

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Gold

Champagne on Chestnut

This pretty gold AQHA filly belongs to Rita Gambino of Long Island, New York. She's all grown up now and has a flaxen mane & tail.

EXAMPLES OF GOLD CHAMPAGNE:

Champagne Cadillac, a Gold Champagne AQHA stallion owned by Mrs. Kimberlee Brown of WI.

Clar Ann Cap's Judy, a Gold Champagne American Cream Draft Horse mare, owned by Chris Ertl in WI. Nearly this entire breed is Gold Champagne, with some being Gold creams and a very few palominos.

Zippo's Millenium Bug, a Gold mare owned by Ereidi Farms

The Gold TWH stud colt, Primed For Cash. Note pink, freckled skin under tail, right. The younger the horse, usually, the fewer freckles.

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Solid Gold Champagne filly Zips SiouxzQ Outlaw (photo at top) had a mane and tail that matched her body until she matured, when they started growing in flaxen. See Cita, below, for a very different Gold.

Ellie Mae, a 10 month old Gold champagne MFT filly, sired by Danny's Pride of Princess S. (aka Lobo) out of a dark red chestnut mare, Sal's Good Sugar Baby (right). We'll be watching to see if her mane & tail lighten up.

This is Ellie Mae again, also at 10 mos., in winter coat, in CA. Her close-up pictures of eye, muzzle and under-tail show clearly that she is a champagne. Add to this her famous Gold champagne sire, Lobo, and she gets registered as Gold champagne.

Lobo's proud owner is Linda Vishino, Zorro Farms , St. Louis, MO

Here is an extraordinarily colored Gold champagne mare. We don't know why her mane & tail are so dark, but all of her other attributes, including her pedigree and full sisters, put her firmly in the "Gold champagne" category. JIL Doccita Gold ("Cita")

There are many more golds, of course, in our stud book; why not have a look through it? STUD BOOK main page.

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You're invited to join our Yahoogroups list, to share pictures and discuss champagne horse colors.

Email note: Horse color questions
cannot be answered without the horse's
breed and registered name, if any.

ICHR
PO Box 4430
Paso Robles, CA 93447-4430

Legal information:

The ICHR was registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of California in 2000.
The ICHR is not, and never was, connected with any other Champagne organization.

International Champagne Horse Registry

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Gold

Champagne on Chestnut

This pretty gold AQHA filly belongs to Rita Gambino of Long Island, New York. She's all grown up now and has a flaxen mane & tail.

EXAMPLES OF GOLD CHAMPAGNE:

Champagne Cadillac, a Gold Champagne AQHA stallion owned by Mrs. Kimberlee Brown of WI.

Clar Ann Cap's Judy, a Gold Champagne American Cream Draft Horse mare, owned by Chris Ertl in WI. Nearly this entire breed is Gold Champagne, with some being Gold creams and a very few palominos.

Zippo's Millenium Bug, a Gold mare owned by Ereidi Farms

The Gold TWH stud colt, Primed For Cash. Note pink, freckled skin under tail, right. The younger the horse, usually, the fewer freckles.

Sorry, not clickable

Solid Gold Champagne filly Zips SiouxzQ Outlaw (photo at top) had a mane and tail that matched her body until she matured, when they started growing in flaxen. See Cita, below, for a very different Gold.

Ellie Mae, a 10 month old Gold champagne MFT filly, sired by Danny's Pride of Princess S. (aka Lobo) out of a dark red chestnut mare, Sal's Good Sugar Baby (right). We'll be watching to see if her mane & tail lighten up.

This is Ellie Mae again, also at 10 mos., in winter coat, in CA. Her close-up pictures of eye, muzzle and under-tail show clearly that she is a champagne. Add to this her famous Gold champagne sire, Lobo, and she gets registered as Gold champagne.

Lobo's proud owner is Linda Vishino, Zorro Farms , St. Louis, MO

Here is an extraordinarily colored Gold champagne mare. We don't know why her mane & tail are so dark, but all of her other attributes, including her pedigree and full sisters, put her firmly in the "Gold champagne" category. JIL Doccita Gold ("Cita")

There are many more golds, of course, in our stud book; why not have a look through it? STUD BOOK main page.

You're invited to join our Yahoogroups list, to share pictures and discuss champagne horse colors.

Email note: Horse color questions cannot be answered without the horse's breed and registered name, if any.

ICHR PO Box 4430 Paso Robles, CA 93447-4430

Legal information:

The ICHR was registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of California in 2000. The ICHR is not, and never was, connected with any other Champagne organization.

Email note: Horse color questions
cannot be answered without the horse's
breed and registered name, if any.

ICHR
PO Box 4430
Paso Robles, CA 93447-4430

The ICHR was registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of California in 2000.
The ICHR is not, and never was, connected with any other Champagne organization.