What colour foal will I get from my mare if I put it to your stallion??

This the question everybody asks. Horse breeding is a lottery but there are certain ways to improve your chances of winning. Coat colour genetics has come a long way and much research has been carried out in this area. There are some basic rules which seem to apply but there are pitfalls along the way, as certain colour genes may give the appearance of a completely different colour (e.g. Cremello x Black may look like a liver chestnut when it is in fact a dilute black) and you are then disappointed or very surprised by the result.

What you might get from Treliver Decanter

This is the very basic information and there other genes that may play a part so for more detail go to one of the colour coat genetic websites for a more detailed study.

Coat colour websites

   Easy to understand site                         http://www.equinecolor.com/

                                Cremello Society colour chart             http://www.cremello.co.uk/front.htm       

                                List of books and sites                       http://members.aol.com/battyatty/other.htm

Colour Calculator                                    http://www.animalgenetics.us/CCalculator1.asp

For those of you who want to go into a little more depth

                            Coat Colour Genetics                            http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/~lvmillon/coatcolor/coatstxt.html

                            Model Horse Reference                         http://www.mhref.com/color/genetics/tour/index.html

                            Horse Colour Genetics                          http://members.aol.com/MFTHorses/sponenbg.htm