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10-19-2004, 05:52 PM
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Hi ya'll! At the show last weekend someone asked me an interesting question. Wanted to know how we bred for a palomino paint, like what did Pal's parents look like. I said I had no idea, we bought him and he isn't registed with the Paint association. Then I got to thinking, how do you breed for a palomino paint? Maybe a cremello to a paint horse?? I have no idea, its never crossed me mind. Since I own one it would be nice to know incase anyone asks in the future. Anyone have any ideas?
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10-19-2004, 06:13 PM
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Both parents have to have the gene for a palimino paint. They can be any colour but they must have the gene. ( yay one helpful thing i learned in bio) you can't get it by crossing two colour together,it dosn't work that way.
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10-19-2004, 06:38 PM
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To get a palamino the best bet is to breed a Cremello to a sorrel. that should be 100% palamino. other ways to get palamino is to breed a palamino to a sorrel for 50% chance of palamino foals then to get the pinto markings you need a pinto marked horse preferably one that is homozygous. Or if you have a cremello paint and a sorrel paint.
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10-21-2004, 11:36 AM
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I have always thought that if you breed a chestnut, to a palamino. The baby would be a palamino. No wait I read that in a horse color book. Well tell us what happens if you try something. Hope it helped!
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10-21-2004, 11:39 AM
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There are quite a few palomino paints already out there. If you were trying to create your own, you'd need at least one paint parent to get the paint gene. Homozygous tobiano or both tobianos if you're going for that pattern. To get palomino, you'd want either a cremello or a palomino bred to a sorrel/chestnut. Cremello + Chestnut/Sorrel = 100% Palomino Palomino + Chestnut/Sorrel = 50% Palomino, 50% Sorrel/Chestnut Make sense? More information on the creme dilution gene: http://www.doubledilute.com ~Barb
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10-21-2004, 11:42 AM
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You could also end up with palomino if you crossed a buckskin to a sorrel/chestnut, perlino to a sorrel/chestnut, or palomino to a bay or black, but your chances would be smaller for a palomino and you'd have the added color chances of bay, black, buckskin, and smokey black. As long as one parent has the creme dilution gene and one has the red gene (and one isn't homozygous for black) you can end up with a Palomino. ~Barb
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