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 Champagne plus Grey:

Tucker, a grey Champagne stud (later gelded).  We see some odd things when grey combines with champagne.  First, the foal coat is even darker than usual.  Then, the freckling is darker (see muzzle and privates.) Third, and most remarkable, is the exaggerated "flea-bitten" effect.  The specks of color appear earlier in champagnes, and are much more numerous, often making the horse look "colored", and not grey at all, from a slight distance.

Hesa Blue Champagne - nb head.jpg (12567 bytes) Hesa Blue Champagne - 9-3rear.jpg (71509 bytes) Tucker 6-07-01.jpg (41501 bytes)  Tucker 2 yrs 1 month.jpg (33943 bytes) Heza Blue Champagne - fr.jpg (69316 bytes) Tucker flea bites.jpg (52819 bytes) Heza Blue Champagne - m.jpg (41520 bytes) Tucker PPP.jpg (67366 bytes) Heza Blue Champagne - s.jpg (41925 bytes)

Skipablue San Poco - nb head.jpg (44819 bytes)Grace face 2.jpg (24400 bytes)This is his sister, also a grey champagne:   "Grace", Skipablue San Poco; Breeding Stock Paint mare; Grey Black-based Champagne; owned by Carolyn Shepard
 

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Please be sure you include all requested info in your email.About emailing the ICHR:  Horse color questions cannot be answered without the horse's breed and registered name, if any.  Due to the extensive research conducted by the ICHR, we are usually able to determine if a horse has champagne in its pedigree by recognizing the names of ancestors we have determined were actually champagne.  These champagne sources are listed in the right column of each entry in our stud book!

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