The Cremello is a coloration that occurs by the action of two cream genes on a horse that would normally be sorrel or chestnut if the cream genes were not present. It is a dilution gene, not a specific coloration.
If only one cream gene is present on a chestnut or sorrel colored horse it will be a palomino color, but two cream genes will produce the cremello coat color. That is the only way that a cremello color can occur.
Cremello horses are distinctive by their noticeable pink skin around the eyes, muzzle area as well the underbelly and under the tail. They have blue eyes like many white horses, but are not actually genetically the same as a white horse with regards to color.
Cremello foals are often born light dun, gold or cream color when they are born but their coat will fade to a very light cream, ivory or white color as the dilution gene starts working on the coat. These foals will be born with blue eyes.
There is more than one color variation, even with the double cream gene. One option is the cremello, another possibility is the perlino, and still another variation is the smoky cream. Perlino horses have a different base coat color, they are a bay, not a sorrel. The resulting color is often almost the same as a cremello but the mane or tail may be slightly darker but they will have the lighter skin. Smokey creams often have a slightly smudgy or smokey look to the coat when viewed in different lights, are the result of double cream dilution genes on a horse with a black coat.
Cremellos can exist in many different breeds of horses. The a few of the breeds that Cremellos are relatively common in Quarter Horses, Miniature Horses, Tennessee Walking Horses, Warmbloods, and Arabians. There are also Cremello draft horses.
Although there was originally a lot of resistance by the American Quarter Horse Association to allow the double dilute cremellos into the registry, based on the fact they did not recognize too much "white" on a horse, the AQHA has since reversed their decision and will now allow true cremello colors into the registry.
In the last few years Cremello horses have moved to the forefront of the championship world in many countries. In Australia a cremello stallion, Days of Gold, is the highest honored and awarded cremello stallion in the world.
In 2001 the Cremello Society was set up in the United Kingdom to promote the cremello coloration in all appropriate horse and pony breeds in the country. They hold several different shows per year.
Since Cremello is a color group, some breeders in North America, Australia, Canada and even in the UK and Europe are choosing to breed only cremello colored horses of specific breeds. This, along with the genetic understanding of the color, has lead to an increase in the popularity of the color since people understand it is not albino nor are there any health conditions may occur with the white color genes.
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