Palomino

Palomino is a coat color rather than a single horse breed. The classic palomino has a golden body with a lighter mane and tail, usually produced when a chestnut horse carries one copy of the cream dilution gene. The color appears in many breeds and types, from stock horses and ponies to gaited horses and warmblood crosses, depending on registry rules. Shade can range from pale cream-gold to deep coppery gold.

For buyers, the important point is that color does not predict training, movement, size, or temperament. A palomino should be evaluated through its actual breed background and individual soundness. Breeders planning for the color need a basic understanding of cream dilution and should not select against structure or health for the sake of a fashionable shade. Grooming can keep the pale mane and tail cleaner, but routine management is otherwise the same as for any comparable horse: good hoof care, suitable nutrition, turnout, dental care, and work matched to the animal's body.

Colors: Amber Champagne, Bay, Bay Dun, Bay Roan, Black, Blanket Appaloosa, Blue Roan, Brown, Buckskin, Champagne, Chestnut, Classic Champagne, Cremello, Dun, Dun Roan, Fewspot Appaloosa, Flaxen Chestnut, Frame Overo, Gold Champagne, Gray, Grey, Grullo, Leopard Appaloosa, Liver Chestnut, Overo, Palomino, Perlino, Piebald, Pinto, Rabicano, Red Dun, Red Roan, Roan, Sabino, Seal Bay, Silver Dapple, Skewbald, Smoky Black, Smoky Cream, Snowcap Appaloosa, Sorrel, Splash White, Tobiano, Tovero, Varnish Roan, White