Horse Colour Testing

The horse coat color panel bundles together several diagnostic tests to evaluate coat color. Panel can be purchased on MyVGL. See below for pricing and list of specific tests included in panel.

If you would like to test for base color, dilution, and white spotting, please select the Full Color/Pattern Panel instead. This calculator will give you the possible offspring coat colors and their probabilities when given the parents coat color and pattern information. For a gray sire or dam, you must enter what color the horse was before it went gray as well as check the box labeled gray to the right of your color selection.

The American Quarter Horse Association offers several coat-color tests, including a panel test and individual color tests. These tests are designed to determine the actual coat color of a horse. The results of the testing will be recorded on the horse's records for the convenience of its owners.

DNA Testing for HorsesEnhance your horse breeding program with Build-A-Horse, the ultimate animal genetics tool. Visualize your future foal's traits, including coat color, patterns, and performance potential. Identify genetic health risks and inherited diseases to make informed breeding decisions.

Discover more about Build. Coat Colour and Pattern Testing Coat Colour and Pattern Testing We offer a range of tests designed to detect the genetic mutations that are responsible for certain coat colours and / or patterns. Knowing the genetic status of your horse can be helpful if breeding a particular colour or pattern is a goal.

Horses with only AQHA or Thoroughbred lineage must have a Color/Pattern Panel completed as part of the registration process. Genetic testing is optional for all other horses, but conducting color, pattern and health testing can unlock useful information about your Paint Horse and help you make more informed decisions. Horses with an 'e e' genotype cannot produce black pigment in their coat.

The agouti and red/black gene work together to create the basic horse coat colours: chestnut, bay or brown, and black. Have a play with the calculator to see what we mean. For the agouti gene an uppercase A represents black pigment being restricted to the mane, tail and.

Equine Color and Pattern Testing All horses have base color - black, bay or red (chestnut/sorrel), that are controlled by interaction of two genes Extension and Agouti. There is a multitude of genes that modify (dilute/delete) these pigments and allow a huge variety of coat colors and patterns seen in the horse. Genetic testing is a powerful tool for understanding your horse's coat color and planning for its breeding future.

DNA test results can look intimidating at first, but they are surprisingly straightforward to read once you understand the basic terminology.