The Greats of Cowboys Past:
Cowboy is Heavily bred Peponita and has several greats on his papers. Mr Salty Peponita, is represented with strong foundation bloodlines such as the greats of Peponita, Poco Tivia, and Hollywood Gold. Mr Salty Peponita is registered in the studbook of the Foundation Quarter Horse Registry and is himself a finished cutting horse. Buddy Man Jack goes back to the champion Two Eyed Jack. He has sired numerous cutting and working ranch champions. Big stout offsrping. Two Eyed Jack:Numbers alone could never even begin to tell the whole story of Two Eyed Jack and the Quarter Horse dynasty he began. His is one of the last great families of horses that could and did excel as halter and performance horses in many events. The Two Eyed Jack horses were horses whom almost anyone could get along with. Put in hands of top professionals, they were capable of winning world championships in a variety of events. Relegated to ranch and rodeo status, they excelled. Bred and trained by amateur horsemen, they performed with amazing consistency. Peponita Blue Shadow:A Big Stout buckskin, know for his greatness on barrels and a proven speed sire.

Breeding Double Dilutes
What would the result if you bred two double dilutes together such as Cremello to Cremello or Cremello to Perlino? The resulting offspring would be another double dilute. Many people think you will get a lethal white but that is not true, unless they both carry the lethal white gene from Overo Paint bloodlines. Breeding a double dilute to a double dilute is no different than breeding a Sorrel to a Sorrel as far as health issues are concerned.

Can You Breed To Gray Horses? The answer is yes you can. The only reason there is an exclusion in stallion ads when breeding to Grays is that the Sire owner cannot guarantee the resulting foal will not turn gray. When breeding a Gray to a Double Dilute, you will get Buckskin or Palomino, but because of the way the Gray gene works, 50% of those foals could turn gray. If the Gray parent is homozygous for Gray, then the offspring will definitely turn gray. The exclusion is to not hold the stallion owner responsible for something they have no control over.

The Cross Color Combinations

All horses have two locations in its genetic code where a certain type of color modification gene resides. These genes are known as creme genes. Most horses like Sorrels, Bays, and Blacks have no creme gene. These are the basic colors.

When a cremello is bred to a Bay mare the resulting offspring is always a BUCKSKIN.

When a cremello is bred to a Sorrel or Chestnut mare the resulting offspring is always a PALOMINO.

Horses like Palominos, Buckskins, and Smokey Blacks have one creme gene. They are called single dilutes. The creme gene diluted the base color from red to yellow or gold. These genes make the horse's base color one or two shades lighter, depending on whether there are one or two of them present. When two crème genes are present you now have double dilutes. These horses would be Cremellos, Perlinos, and Smokey Crèmes.