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Sable champagne is the Champagne gene on a seal brown base; therefore, it sometimes does not differ much from classic champagne color. The most common body color of a sable champagne horse is chocolate (of any intensity) with an ashy to dark or bronze shade (ssss1). The guard hair is dark brown or chocolate; the lower part of the legs and ear rims often the same. For sable champagne horses that look similar to classic champagne, reliable distinction between them is ­possible via DNA analysis.

Gold champagne is a color determined by the Champagne gene combined with the chestnut base (Photos ssss1 & ssss1). Gold champagne horses have a goldish red or apricot body color. The tail and mane are usually light red (lighter than the body) or ivory, which is the reason that this color can be confused with palomino.

Occasionally you can see a horse with a saturated orange body color and a mane and tail with either the same shade, or even darker hair. In that case the horse is registered as dark gold or dusky gold. The main difference from a non-champagne color is pink skin and dark specks, as well as other characteristic signs of champagne (see ssss1). The eyes are amber, or less frequently, light green, and the hooves light or slightly pigmented.