grey (born perlino dun)
gris (né perlino dun)
Description
Very pale cream coat with a slightly warmer tinge and blue eyes. Results from two Cream gene copies on a bay base. Slightly more golden or peachy than cremello, sometimes with a slightly darker mane.
Visual traits
Slightly golden cream body · Mane sometimes slightly darker · Blue eyes · Pink skin
Genetic basis
Extension E/-, Agouti A/-, double Cream CrCr — double dilution of a bay base.
The Dun gene dilutes the base coat and adds primitive wild-horse markings: a dorsal stripe along the spine, leg barring, and sometimes shoulder stripes.
This horse also carries the Grey gene, but it has no visible effect here: an already double-diluted coat is born as pale as progressive greying would eventually make it. Only DNA testing can reveal its presence — the melanoma risk associated with Grey still applies.