Example pairings
Horse coat color example pairings
Start with a classic pairing. Each page names both example DNA panels and shows the foal colors, exact chances and any relevant health notes.
- Palomino × palomino: foal color odds
- Palomino × chestnut: foal color odds
- Buckskin × chestnut: foal color odds
- Cremello × chestnut: foal color odds
- Perlino × black: foal color odds
- Bay × bay: foal color odds
- Black × chestnut: foal color odds
- Gray × non-gray: foal color odds
- Homozygous gray: foal color odds
- Frame overo × frame overo: foal odds
- Tobiano × solid: foal pattern odds
- Tobiano × tobiano: foal pattern odds
- LP/N × LP/N: foal pattern and health odds
- Dun × non-dun: foal color odds
- Silver black × chestnut: foal color odds
- Champagne × chestnut: foal color odds
What this calculator covers
This calculator uses the coat-color tests listed below. It covers Extension, Agouti, Cream and Pearl, Champagne, Dun, Silver, Gray, Mushroom, Frame Overo, linked KIT white patterns, Leopard Complex with PATN1, Splashed White, and Brindle1. Health notes summarize published research; ask your veterinarian what they mean for a particular horse.
Limits
- Shade modifiers such as sooty, flaxen and dapples, face and leg markings, and the size of a white or leopard pattern are not predicted.
- From coat colors alone, a chance is exact only when the colors decide it; otherwise you see the honest range. DNA results narrow it.
- An educational tool, not a substitute for a laboratory report or veterinary advice.
Sources
UC Davis VGL coat-color reference
UC Davis VGL Red or black (Extension) test
UC Davis VGL Agouti test
UC Davis VGL Cream and Pearl test
UC Davis VGL Champagne test
UC Davis VGL Dun test
UC Davis VGL Silver test
UC Davis VGL Gray test
UC Davis VGL Mushroom test
UC Davis VGL Frame Overo test
UC Davis VGL Tobiano test
UC Davis VGL Roan test
UC Davis VGL Sabino 1 test
UC Davis VGL Dominant White test
UC Davis VGL Leopard Complex and PATN1 test
UC Davis VGL Splashed White test
UC Davis VGL Brindle1 test
UC Davis VGL Gray copy-number test
How it works: the method, health notes and peer-reviewed references
Explore example pairings with named DNA panels and exact odds
