My interest in colour genetics started when Reina Vikinga was born, to me colours is an added excitement to the challenge of breeding quality of beauty and movement. Right now I am in the process of testing genetype of Halagador and Donoso, last year we had Festivo MR tested and he came out with this result; EeAACC
 
If you follow these three letter combintions on this link..

http://webcapas.lgancce.com/genetica-pre/Capas-Genes-Caballo.aspx
..you will see that he can bring down bay and chestnut, he has two chestnut offspring so far. In no way can he have a black offspring. CC means he has no cremegene but if crossed with a mare that has CCr or CrCr the offspring could come out any of the diluted colours; a Buckskin, Perlino, Palomino, Cremello, Dun or Smoky Black.
Reina Vikinga has the constellation Ee Aa CCr and is a dun (she has the backstripe that a buckskin has not) and she will bring down 50% of the dilution gene to her offspring. If we would cross Festivo and Reina Vikinga we could have a offspring with a 25% chance of a coming out palomino, 25% bay, 25% buckskin and 25% chestnut.
RV 1,5 years old on our farm in Sweden
 

This is how good it gets with a Calificado-dad and a multichampion mum! Oh dear, I simply adore the offspring to Donoso, he fulfills all that I want in a horse and now when I see how he brings his genes right down to his offsping, the breeders instinct sets right in and I can't take it anymore - I simply HAVE TO make some make more of these!!!! Just look at this beautiful little miracle, the beauty in expression, posture, outline, the head and even the legs are gorgeous. I am so happy for the breeder of this filly, mum Carmencita had severe complications after birth last year but nevertheless she got pregnant on second try with Donoso so - c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s and thank you for chosing Donoso again to your exceptional mare!
Cassandra
Black PRE filly born 2011
u. Carmencita III

e. Donoso VII

         
Mum Carmencita III
  
Video of Carmencita here; http://stuteritranan.com/uploads/carmencitavido/Carmencitavideo.html 

Now you will be able to follow another Vikinga PRE competing, our first offspring Reina Vikinga has just done her PRE show debute! This special lady initiated our studfarm that was registered same year (2008) as she was born. Of course I was thrilled she came out buckskin, movements in beauty and colours is my passion! RV is actually a buckskin-dun, she has both C and D gene. We saw her mum in a flying trot 2 weeks before she gave birth and bought her instantly. It was exciting times to be starting our stud and we named her Reina Vikinga, Reina from her mum and Vikinga from her 'new mum' (me) so now we were two blond 'viking-girls' in Spain!
RV Spain 2008
   
Of course we also named our studfarm after her. We had to register her in a rush before she left for Sweden, she was given the wrong 'sirname' RG instead of 'VIK', then our breeders code did not arrive so we had to use Javier's old breeders code and on top of that she was NOT compatible by blood with her father! What a spanish byrocracy mess expected us.. Most importantly was to find the dad so she could be inscribed in PRE studbook, this took us one year, alot of investigation and many bloodtest of possible stallions. In the end she was compatible with a very exclusive Peralta stallion called Firme AP. She has a delicious mix of Yeguada Militar & pure Carthusian bloodlines. Beautiful Reina Vikinga grew up in Sweden, Halmstad on our farm, and as far as I know she was the first swedish buckskin PRE!
    
Very early we could see that she was a highly intelligent horse, she always wanted to do something and she needed a person that stimulated her on a daily basis. As I did not have time and spent alot of time in Spain I was happy (well, quite unhappy actually!) to sell her to Sölvi in Norway that was a super match for her.

The PRE show took place in Norway and this is she has how elegant she is now!

Very special lady Reina Vikinga