Lecture 5 Parts, Colors, and Markings

Lecture 5

Parts, Colors, and Markings

Parts of The Horse

Sorrel

Body

Reddish or copper red

Mane and tail

Same

May be flaxen

Black

Body color

T

rue black without light areas

M

ane and tail Black

Bay

Body color

Tan / red / reddish-brown

M

ane and tail

BlackBlack on lower legs

Brown

Body color

B

rown or black

L

ight areasMuzzleEyes

Flank

I

nside upper legs

Mane and tailBlack or brown

Blue Roan

Body

U

niform mixture of

white and black hairs

Dark Points

Red Roan

Body

Uniform mixture of white and red hairs

R

ed on head & lower legs

R

ed or flaxen mane & tail

Grullo

Body

S

moky or mouse-colored

N

ot a mixture of black and white hairsE

ach hair mouse colored

M

ane and tail

BlackB

lack on lower legs

U

sually has dorsal stripe

Chestnut or Liver Chestnut

Body

D

ark red or brownish-red

M

ane and tail U

sually dark red

B

rownish red

May be flaxen

Lower legs red

M

ay have dorsal stripe

Dun

Body

Y

ellowish or gold

M

ane and tail B

lack or brown

D

orsal stripe

Zebra stripes on legT

ransverse stripe over withers

Red Dun

Body color

Form of dun

yellowish or flesh colored

M

ane and tail

R

ed or reddish

Flaxen

Red dorsal stripe

Z

ebra stripes

T

ransverse stripe

Palomino

Body

G

olden yellow

M

ane and tail White

Typically no dorsal stripes

Gray

Body

Mixture of white with any other colored hairs

O

ften born solid

L

ighter with age

M

ay have dorsal stripe

Buckskin

Body Color

Y

ellowish or gold

M

ane and tail

Black

U

sually black on lower legs

T

ypically do not have dorsal stripes

Cremello

Body color

W

hite or light cream

M

ane and tail

White

P

ink or pinkish skin over entire body

Blue eyes

Perlino

Body color

W

hite or light cream

M

ane and tail

U

sually have a darker tint

P

ale copper or orangePink or pinkish skin over entire bodyB

lue eyes

Rabicano

Body

I

nterspersed

white hairs

M

ost

dense

from

Flank to

tailhead

Not Roan

Tobiano

D

ark color usually covers

O

ne or both flanks

Generally

A

ll four legs are white

A

t least below the hocks and knees

Spots

R

egular and distinct appearance of a shield

Tobiano

Head markings

L

ike

solid-colored horse

May have

blaze, strip, star or snip

M

ay be either

P

redominantly dark or white

T

ail is often two colors

Overo

W

hite

usually will not cross back

Between withers and tail

Generally

A

t least one and often all four legs dark

White irregular

S

cattered or splashy

Overo

Head markings often

Bald-faced

M

ay be either

predominantly dark or white

Tail usually one color

Tovero

Dark pigmentation around ears

M

ay expand to cover

F

orehead and/or eyes

One or both eyes blue

Dark pigmentation around

Mouth

May extend up sides of face and form spots

Blanket

S

olid white area

N

ormally over

Hip area

C

ontrasting base color

Leopard

P

redominantly

W

hite with spots of color over their body

Sometimes

Spots more concentrated head and leg areas

S

pots may also occur

Direction hair grows

M

ost evident in the flank area

Head Markings

Star: white mark on forehead

Stripe: narrow white mark down the face

Head Markings

Star & Stripe: connected star and stripe

Snip: white mark between the nostrils

Head Markings

Star, stripe, snip: connected star, stripe, and snip

Blaze: broad white mark down the face, extending over nose

Head Markings

Bald: very wide blaze, covering most of the face extending down over the nostrils

Leg Markings

Leg Markings

Leg Markings

Leg Markings