CHAMPAGNE

A champagne horse can be any base color with one or two champagne genes.  Champagne modifies both red and black pigment. 

              Classic Champagne = a black horse with a champagne gene

              Gold Champagne =  a chestnut horse with a champagne gene

              Amber Champagne = a bay horse with a champagne gene

              Sable Champagne = a seal brown horse with a champagne gene

The new designations for champagne horses with a cream gene also are Classic Cream Champagne, Gold Cream Champagne, Amber Cream Champagne, and Sable Cream Champagne. 

Champagne horses have pink skin at birth that develops large quantities of small, darker, purplish-gray to black dots, most visible around the muzzle and under the tail.  Their eyes are blue at birth, usually changing to green, then hazel or amber.  They are born darker in body color, then lighten with maturity.  They often have a metallic sheen to their coat, though not always, and horses that are not champagne sometimes have this metallic sheen.