Horse Colors March 18 th - PowerPoint Presentation

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Horse Colors

March 18

th

, 2017Slide2

Black

Black

is a hair coat color of

horses

in which the entire hair coat is black. Black is a relatively uncommon coat color, and it is not uncommon to mistake dark chestnuts or bays for black.Slide3

Seal Brown

Seal

brown

is a hair coat color of horses characterized by a near-black body color; with black points, the mane, tail and legs; but also reddish or tan areas around the eyes, muzzle, behind the elbow and in front of the stifle.Slide4

Gray/Grey

Gray

or

grey is a coat color of horses

characterized by progressive silvering of the colored hairs of the coat. Most gray horses have black skin and dark eyes; unlike many depigmentation genes, gray does not affect skin or eye color.Slide5

Bay

Bay

is a hair coat color of

horses, characterized by a reddish-brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs.

Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds.Slide6

Sorrel

A Quarter

Horse

registered as "sorrel“. While the term is usually used to refer to a copper-red shade of chestnut, in some places it is used generically in place of "chestnut" to refer to any reddish

horse with a same-color or lighter mane and tail, ranging from reddish-gold to a deep burgundy or chocolate shade.Slide7

Chestnut

Chestnut

is a hair coat color of

horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat. Genetically and visually,

chestnut is characterized by the absolute absence of true black hairs.Slide8

Red Roan

Bay

roan

, also sometimes called "red roan" "Blue"

roan. Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane and tail—are mostly solid-colored.Slide9

Blue Roan

Bay

roan

, also sometimes called "red roan" "Blue"

roan. Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane and tail—are mostly solid-colored.Slide10

Dun

A bay

dun

, also called a "classic" or "zebra" dun

. ... A dun horse always has a dark stripe down the middle of its back, a tail and mane darker than the body coat, and usually darker face and legs. Other duns may appear a light yellowish shade, or a steel gray, depending on the underlying coat color geneticsSlide11

Grullo/

Grulla

Grullo or grulla

is a color of horses in the dun family, characterized by tan-gray or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legsSlide12

Overo

Overo

refers to several genetically unrelated pinto coloration patterns of white-over-dark body markings in

horses

, and is a term used by the American Paint Horse Association to classify a set of pinto patterns that are not TobianoSlide13

Tobiano

Tobiano

is a spotted color pattern commonly seen in Pinto

horses, produced by a dominant gene. The

tobiano gene produces white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat color. The coloration is present from birth and does not change throughout the horse's lifetime, unless the horse also carries the gray gene.Slide14

Palomino

Palomino

is a coat color in

horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail. Genetically, the

palomino color is created by a single allele of a dilution gene called the cream gene working on a "red" (chestnut) base coat.