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Gold champagne is a color determined by the Champagne gene combined with the chestnut base (Photos 69 & 70). 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 p. 32). The eyes are amber, or less frequently, light green, and the hooves light or slightly pigmented.

Gold champagne foals are born red, often a quite saturated shade. Gold champagne color is characteristic for the American Cream Draft, although it is sometimes mistakenly identified as palomino or cremello.