History I Characteristics I Colors I Breeding goals I Gaits I Training
I Raising our horses I Our broodmares I Foals 1999 I Foals 2000 I Onelist I Location I Weather I Winter gallery I Summer gallery I Us at Langhus
I Icelandic cow I Icelandic sheep I Icelandic sheepdog I Articles from the website IWebrings I Link-collection I Horses for sale I

Palomino.

Icelandic: Leirljós.
Description: Yellow colour both on mane and body. Back to previous page

An unusually dark palomino, looking almost like medium chestnut with flaxen mane and tail.
Palominos always have a light mane and tail.
Bjarmi from Ármótum.

A dark palomino.

A medium palomino.
Víkingur from Tumabrekku.
C: Lukka.

Svalur from Svaðastöðum, in winter-snow and winter coat, looking rather white.
C: Lukka.

Svalur again, now in "summercostume", looking more yellowish, and the blaze can be seen now.
This shade is the most common shade in Icelandic palominos.
C: Lukka.

The common shade of palomino.
Dagur from Langhúsum.
C: Lukka.

A very light palomino.
Smella from Hverhólum.
C: Lukka.

Foal color:

The foal color is a very light palomino color, even white, but in most cases with brown eyes.

A newborn palomino foal, after a chestnut mother and palomino stallion.
Hrímfaxi frá Højgaard.
C: Lene Ørskov.

Some genetics:

The palomino colour is a Ccr gene on the C-locus. A palomino horse has ee on the locus for chestnut, which means that the horse is chestnut. A palomino horse also has CCcr in the C-locus, which changes all red hairs into yellow hairs, making the chestnut a palomino. You can not have a palomino with CcrCcr gene-combination in the C-locus, a horse with that combination becomes Cremello (albino).

The colour in different languages:

Norway: Gul, gulblakk.
Denmark: Isabella.
USA: Palomino, isabella.
UK: Palomino, isabella.
Germany: Isabell, palomino.
Dutch: Isabel.

Back to previous page