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A Perlino horse is a double diluted cream gene that has a bay base color. They do have cream coats with pink skin and blue or glass eyes, but instead of a white mane and tail, theirs is a bit darker than their coat color, giving a shade of red/coffee-colored or as having a yellow or tan cast.

Perlino horses are sometimes called pseudo-albino or cream horses. The cream color can vary from a pale off-white to a pale coffee color. If they are not white (due to socks or other white markings), the lower legs may be shaded a little darker than the body. People often refer to Perlino horses as being white, although this is not the case.

The cream dilution gene is responsible for diluting both the red and black pigment of the carrying horse to a lighter coat shade and color. It is often thought of as a highly desirable trait in many horse breeds.

Horses that incorporate two copies of the cream gene are denoted as double dilutes. They are homozygous for the cream dilution gene. A bay horse with two copies of the cream gene is identified as a Perlino. A black horse with two copies of the cream gene is referred to as a Smokey cream, and a chestnut or sorrel horse that carries two copies of the cream gene is known as a Cremello.

Double dilute horses will keep passing on a copy of the cream gene to their foals all the time.

Instead of breeding Palamino horses, Buckskin horses are used to breed a Perlino horse, leading to a double dilute color of a bay horse.

Perlino horses can be used to produce Palominos, Buckskins, and Smokey blacks (Black Buckskins), varying on their genotypes at the extension locus.

Not all breeds come in Cremello or Perlino, but quite a few do. These colors can be spotted in Quarter horses, Miniature horses, Andalusians, various ponies, and sport horses, to name a few.

Perlino horses are stunning and striking horses and are very exceptional. Indeed one of the most beautiful horses you’ll lay your eyes on. You should consider yourself a lucky person if you have one! You might have to pay a good penny for a horse with this rare color, but it is worth every penny.