Cremello

Blue-eyed Cremello and Perlino horses were once called Albinos, but now the American Quarter Horse Association has ceased using the term in its registry rule book. (So far, there has never been an albino horse. Albinism occurs when an offspring receives two recessive genes from its parents.) The creme gene, found in both the Cremello and Perlino horses, is caused by an incomplete dominant gene, meaning the gene can appear in offspring even if only one parent carries it. A Cremello’s color (ra