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A Gold Strike Legend

SOLD

Striker is off to the mountains of Colorado!!

2001 Amber Champagne Tobiano Stallion

Offer For Sale $5000
Strike is broke to ride and pulls a buggy. He has had 3 months of professional training in
Tennessee. Gentle enough to Geld. He has been used for breeding the past 2 years. We are
downsizing due to health reasons. We currently can't give Strike the attention he needs and deserves.

Striker's sire was a Tennessee Walker WORLD GRAND CHAMPION MODEL
horse in the year 2001 in Tennessee. Striker is 15.1 hands now should grow to 15.3 when he
stops growing. He has a good show record in Ohio. He has very good manners and is easy to handle.
We have a lot of fun on the trail. Striker is an AMBER CHAMPAGNE spotted Tennessee Walker.
He is registered Spotted Saddle, Tennessee Walker and Racking Horse.

A little about his color...

Striker is a heterozygous tobiano amber champagne. This means he will throw 75% color on non-spotted/colored mares. Even if you breed a chestnut to him, you have a 75% chance of color! On spotted or colorful mares, the chance of a colorful foal will go up.

Striker is, genetically, a bay horse with one champagne gene and one tobiano (spotting) gene.
The Champagne gene is relatively rare and creates pink freckled skin, light eyes (blue at birth that change to green, then hazel), and often a metallic sheen to the coat. On a bay horse, the champagne gene lightens the coat to a golden or amber color (hence the name, "Amber champagne"). In the past, amber champagnes were often mistaken for buckskins or duns, although their genetics is completely different.
Unlike most horses, which are born lighter than their adult color, champagne foals are born darker and lighten when they shed out. Champagnes can be quite striking because their coats often have a metallic sheen. Many champagne horses appear to glow in sunlight! It is thought that the same gene which lightens the skin, hair, and eyes of a champagne also makes the hair hollow, which allows light to pass through and creates the glowing look that many champagnes have.

When Striker is bred, genetics and probability says that 3 out of every 4 foals he produces (when bred to non-spotted/colorful mares) will be colorful.

For more information on horse color & color possibilities, visit www.colorfulhorses.com

Please remember color genetics cannot always be predicted with 100% accuracy and the above information assumes that the stallion's and mare's colors have been accurately identified as any unknown or misidentified factors can change foal color possibilities. Equine color genetics information provided by www.ColorfulHorses.com - An Equine Color Website