I would think that would be about right but guess it would have to be determind to do genitics testing to see what is in her genes. A Champagne horse sometimes have faded tiger stripeing on there legs but it fades. Just wondering. She sure is beautiful......Maybe Kycowboy would know.
The champagne gene is a gene that occurs in horses that produces a golden coat color and other distinctive features. It is a dominant dilution gene that will produce the same color whether the horse obtains one or two copies of the gene. This is different from the incomplete dominant dilution of the cream gene, where one gene partially lightens the coat, but two genes increase the dilution factor. If a horse carries a champagne gene, it will be champagne, with no intermediate partial dilution. However, a champagne horse must have at least one parent that is also champagne.
The champagne gene dilutes red coat colors into gold, and black into "chocolate" or dark brown. Unlike the silver dapple gene, which only acts on a black coat, the champagne gene acts on both red and black.
Champagne horses are born with brown hooves, pink skin, and blue eyes. Their blue eyes eventually become hazel, amber or occasionally blue-green at adulthood. Other characteristics of Champagne coloring include pink, freckled skin under areas of pigmented coat (somewhat different from the mottled skin of an Appaloosa) and reverse dappling.
Foals are often darker in color than they will be when their adult coat grows in. As a rule, champagne horses start out with a coat that appears to be chestnut or bay before shedding to a lighter shade. However, unlike gray horses, which eventually develop a pure white coat, the champagne horse's adult coat color is stable and does not progressively lighten.
Because Champagne horses are born with pink skin, they are sometimes confused with other coat colors. White, cremello and perlino horses also have pink skin, and other light-colored horses are occasionally born with light skin. However, the skin of a foal that is not champagne, cremello or perlino usually begins to turn dark within a few days, while a Champagne horse will develop dark freckles over the pink skin. Some horses that carry other dilution genes may also be born with blue eyes, such as those with the pearl gene or "barlink factor," but their eyes remain blue.
Champagnes are often metallic in color, with a shiny coat. For this reason they are sometimes difficult to photograph. Other horses may have a metallic coat, too, and not all champagnes exhibit the brilliant sheen.
Champagnes also have freckled skin. Their skin is a pinkish color-- sometimes called pumpkin skin-- but it is not as light as the "normal" pink seen on horses with white markings. It also contains darker freckles.
What color are your horses eyes? often champagne horses have differant colored eyes, then your average horse. Your horse does look champagne from your photo.
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