Breed of the Week

The breed of the week is the American Cream! Check out their registry at: http://awachorseregistry.com/creme.html.

This is a color breed, so horses of any breed may be registered so long as they fit the color requirements. A Cream horse is a horse with pink skin. It can have any eye color, but it is usually very light blue, and its coat ranges from a milky white to almost a very pale palomino shade (must still have pink skin). Their coat color may lighten or darken with age, but the skin must always be pink. This color trait is recessive, which means that when a Cream is bred with a horse of color, it will make the resulting foal's coat paler, but when it is bred with another Cream, the result will always be a Cream foal.

Because you can only get a Cream foal from two Cream parents, this is considered a critically endangered breed. The day there is only one Cream horse left, the color will be lost forever. These horses are thought to have shorter lives than normal horses or more wild than normal horses, but neither is the case. The only thing about Creams is that, due to the light hair and skin, their body is more susceptible to burning, so they should be kept in shade during the afternoon sun. These horses can be used in all riding events and certainly catch people's eyes as they go by.