Light ear tips

[Silverine]

If you look at his lower legs, they are the same color as his ear tips. If he were bay, or if he only had one of either champagne or cream, the ear tips would be darker. But since he has both dilutions, he gets the lighter color.

Does that mean he is not bay then? not that it matters, i am not breeding for color, just curious

He is bay based, but his final color will have a different name. So he started out as a bay, and then got dilutions added on top. If he just had the cream he'd be buckskin. If he just had champagne, he'd be amber champagne. But since he has both his color is called Amber Cream.

[TallPinesTraining]

My little Peanut has very light ear tips. Is this normal genetics ?
https://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/4383986


Looking at his pedigree I just noticed his sire has dark ear tips and his dam also has lighter ear tips.
I s something like this hereditary?

Definitely dam lines. The sire has bay lines which doesn't look like the foal had taken up on the bay lines. And yes it can be normal as its just hereditary

Thank you

[TallPinesTraining]

Does that mean he is not bay then? not that it matters, i am not breeding for color, just curious

He is bay based, but his final color will have a different name. So he started out as a bay, and then got dilutions added on top. If he just had the cream he'd be buckskin. If he just had champagne, he'd be amber champagne. But since he has both his color is called Amber Cream.

Wow! thanks so much I am learning a bit about how involved color genes are I will add this to his comments.