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Pangare (mealy).

Icelandic: No special name.
Description: The mealy or pangare gene causes pale red or yellowish areas on the lower belly, flanks, behind the elbows, inside the legs, on the muzzle, and over the eyes. It affects any body color.

Víkingur, a pangare horse with chestnut base color, having a very mealy muzzle. C: Andrea Tobias.

This mare shows the pangare color, with the light muzzle and white around the eyes. She is dark bay, a lighter bay shows the color much better. Yrpa from Enni. C: Lukka.

Pangare can also be seen on a black base color. This mare is a black and white pinto (with a star and snip), with a bayish color on the muzzle and around the eye, showing the pangare gene. Dísa from Reykjarhóli. C: Lukka.

The pangare gene doesn't come more obvious than on this young mare I met at the horsecorrals at Skarðarétt. C: Lukka.

Some genetics:

The gene is a single dominant and affects any background color.

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