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Characteristics
Eye Color
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The eye color of a
champagne foal is bright blue. By the time the foal is three
months old, the color may begin to change to green, and then
gold.
[SW Champagne Class, Quarter Horse stallion] |
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The eye color of an adult
champagne can range from light gold, to green, to brown (shown
here).
[Skip O Neill, Quarter Horse mare] |
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The shot at left is a
wonderful example of the mottling that can be seen on the skin
around the eye, as well as the greenish-gold coloring of the
adult champagne's eyes.
[Peso De Oro, Tennessee Walking Horse stallion] |
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When combined with other
genes, such as the cream gene or spotted pattern genes, the
eyes of a champagne may remain bright blue.
[Magic's Golden Flash, Racking Horse stallion] |
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