HORSE COLORS

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HORSE COLORS

WHITE//CREMELLO

*Must have light eyes
*Must have pink skin
*NOT ALBINO

LIGHT GREYS

*Looks white
*But has grey/black skin which means grey horse

GREY

*You can see the grey
*Black/grey skin
*Dark eyes

FLEA BITTEN GREY

*fully white-haired horse that develops red hairs flecked throughout the coat

DAPPLE GREY

*Looks black with grey/white splotches
*Dark eyes dark skin

PALOMINO

*Blond pelt and light hair
*Light skin
*Dark or light eyes

Bay

*Looks brown
*Black stocking
*Black mane/tail
*Black line in spine
*Can range in ''browns''

BUCKSKIN

*Looks like bay but lighter
*Black stockings
*''blond'' body

CHESTNUT

*Red colored

LIVER

*very dark brown
*Sometimes just called brown
*Mane sometimes lighter

SORREL

*Red-ish brown
*Lighter ''blonde'' mane

BLACK


BLUE ROAN

*A black with roaning pattern

RED ROAN


PINTO

*must be white and a color
*Many other type other then PINTO, but PINTO most common.
Variations include:
* Piebald: a black and white spotting pattern (term more commonly used in the UK than the USA)
* Skewbald: a spotting pattern of white and any other color other than black, or a spotting pattern of white and two other colors, which may include black.
* Overo: Describes a group of spotting patterns genetically distinct from one another, characterized by sharp, irregular markings with a horizontal orientation, usually more dark than white. In some cases, the face is usually white, often with blue eyes. The white rarely crosses the back, and the lower legs are normally dark. Variations include "Frame Overo" and "Splashed white." Sometimes Sabino below is also classified in the overo family.
* Sabino: Often confused with roan or rabicano, a slight spotting pattern characterized by high white on legs, belly spots, white markings on the face extending past the eyes and/or patches of roaning patterns standing alone or on the edges of white markings
* Tobiano: Spotting pattern characterized by rounded markings with white legs and white across the back between the withers and the dock of the tail, usually arranged in a roughly vertical pattern and more white than dark, with the head usually dark and with markings like that of a normal horse. i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze.
* Tovero: spotting pattern that is a mix of tobiano and overo coloration, such as blue eyes on a dark head. May also refer to horses with Tobiano coloring that carry a recessive overo gene.
* Paint: pinto horses with known Quarter Horse and/or Thoroughbred bloodlines. This is a separate breed of horse.


CHAMPAGNE

*metallic gold
*light eyes
*dilute of cream

DUN

*Yellowish or tan
*darker-colored mane and tail, a dorsal stripe
*occasionally faint horizontal zebra stripings on the upper legs

GRULLA-Blue Dun

*Coat is solid "mouse-colored" gray or silver with black or dark gray primitive markings.

LEOPARD

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*Includes Knabstrup, Noriker, and the Appaloosa
* blanket: white over the hip that may extend from the tail to the base of the neck. The spots inside the blanket (if present) are the same color as the horse's base coat.
* varnish roan: a mix of body and white hairs that extends over the entire body—no relation to true roan
* snowflake: white spots on a dark body. Typically the white spots increase in number and size as the horse ages.
* leopard: dark spots of varying sizes over a white body.
* few spot leopard: a nearly white horse from birth that retains color just above the hooves, the knees, 'armpits', mane and tail, wind pipe, and face
* frost: similar to varnish but the white hairs are limited to the back, loins, and neck.


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HORSE MARKINGS

FACIAL MARKINGS

Facial markings. Top row, L-R: Blaze, Stripe, Stripe (or thin blaze) and snip, Irregular blaze, Interrupted stripe, bald face. Bottom row, L-R: Faint star, Star, Star and strip, irregular star, snip, lip marking

* Blaze: a wide white stripe down the middle of the face.
* Strip, stripe, or race: a narrow white stripe down the middle of the face.
* Bald Face: a very wide blaze, extending to or past the eyes. Some, but not all, bald faced horses also have blue eyes.
* Star: a white marking between or above the eyes. If a stripe or blaze is present, a star must be significantly wider than the vertical marking to be designated separately.
* Snip: a white marking on the muzzle, between the nostrils.

Additional terms used to describe facial markings include the following:

* Faint: A small, yet permanent marking that usually consists of white hairs without any underlying pink skin.
* Interrupted: A marking, usually a strip or blaze, that is broken and not solid for the entire length of the face.
* Connected: Occasionally used to describe distinctively different markings that happen to be joined to one another
* Irregular or crooked: A marking, usually a strip or blaze, that does not have a more or less straight path.
* Lip markings: have no specialized names, usually are described by location, such as "lower lip," "chin", etc. Lip markings may indicate presence of the sabino color pattern.



LEG MARKINGS

Leg markings. Top row, L-R: Stocking, Sock or Boot, Fetlock or Sock. Bottom row, L-R: Pastern, Coronet, Partial Pastern

From tallest to shortest, common leg markings are:

* Stocking: white marking that extends at least to the bottom of the knee or hock, sometimes higher.
* Sock: white marking that extends higher than the fetlock but not as high as the knee or hock. This marking is sometimes called a "boot."
* Fetlock or Sock: white marking that extends over the fetlock, occasionally called a "boot."
* Pastern: white marking that extends above the top of the hoof, but stops below the fetlock.
* Coronet: white just above the hoof, around coronary band, usually no more than 1 inch (2.5cm) above the hoof.

Additional terms used to describe white leg markings include:

* Irregular: A marking within the broad confines of a given height, but with significantly uneven edges. Indicated by the highest point of the white. Most often used to describe certain types of stockings.
* Partial: An irregular marking that only extends up part of the leg to the height indicated, sometimes with the other side of the leg dark. Usually used to describe socks and other short markings.
* "High White:" White stockings that extend above the knee or hock, sometimes extending past the stifle onto the flank or belly, considered characteristic of the sabino color pattern.