Starbuck is the first perlino officially recognized by APHA. He is also the first solid stallion to ever earn an APHA Championship, a Superior in any event, and is the most successful solid stallion in the history of the breed. Starbuck's combination of superb conformation, show stopping presence, and absolutely breathtaking pearlescent cream and gold color can take your breath away! The judges must agree: 51 out of 56 placed him first in Halter, and Starbuck is UNDEFEATED in performance classes, earning Circuit Championships in Working Hunter, Hunter Hack, Hunter Under Saddle, and Western Pleasure.

Starbuck is a very rare perlino. Perlino is created when a bay horse also is homozygous for the dilution factor (the factor that causes buckskin.) Starbuck can be thought of as homozygous buckskin. Since Starbuck has tested Red Factor E at UC Davis, he is also homozygous for the bay color and will throw no palomino foals. Perlino is a very beautiful, exotic color. Starbuck is cream colored (you can still see his white facial and leg markings) with metallic gold mane, tail, and legs. Starbuck's sire is a registered dun, and since Starbuck has a gold dorsal stripe, we believe that Starbuck may also carry the dun gene, though there currently is no genetic test available to test for the dun factor.

Although Starbuck is APHA registered, his sire and dam are both AQHA registered with proven bloodlines. Starbuck boasts a versatile blend of Impressive, Boston Mac, and King Fritz. Starbuck has lovely modern conformation with good bone and is a surprisingly good mover for a horse of his pedigree. He also possesses the quiet, agreeable temperament Quarter Horses are famous for. Starbuck loves attention, even leaving food in favor of human company.

Starbuck offers an opportunity to guarantee the popular buckskin color out of your mare, in addition to current bloodlines and beautiful conformation and temperament.

When breeding to Starbuck, your foal's exact shade of buckskin will depend on the color of your mare. Chestnut and light, clear coated bay mares would be ideal to produce a light buckskin foal with good contrast between body color and black points. A dark bay/brown or black mare could also produce a much darker buckskin, a color some might describe as closer to grulla (although genetically speaking it would not actually be grulla). Since Starbuck has a dorsal stripe, some foals will also have a dorsal stripe

Starbuck is nominated to the AQHA incentive fund and APHA Breeders Trust. When you breed your
registered AQHA mare to Starbuck, your foal will be eligible for the following registries: AQHA, APHA,
ABRA, IBHA...and more.