COLORS
Colors
Face Patterns
Leg Markings
Miscellaneous
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What are the 5 basic horse colors?
Bay
Black
Brown
Chestnut
White
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What is a Palomino coat?
A coat that is a golden color- bright copper to light yellow. White mane and white tail. True Palomino has no dark hair. 
100
What is a star?
A small, clearly defined area of white hairs on the forehead 
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What is full stocking?
White extends from the coronet and includes the knee or hock 
100
What is a brand on a horse?
A mark of identification for the horse by the owner. A private registered mark burned or frozen onto the cheek, shoulder, or hip of the horse. 
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What is another name for a Chestnut Horse?
Sorrel- Mainly red and mane and tail are also the same color. A chestnut horse will never have a black mane or tail. 
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What is a Pinto or Paint color?
White horse plus any one color. Color can be bay, black, brown, chestnut, dun, gray, palomino, grullo, and more). Can be any shape and size, located on any parts of the body. Patterns are usually Overo or Tobiano. 
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What is a stripe facial marking?
A long narrow band of white working from the forehead down toward the muzzle
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What is an ankle or sock marking?
White extends from the coronet to the fetlock
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What are black points?
A horse that has a main, tail, and legs that are black or darker than the rest of the horse. 
300
What makes a white colored horse a true white horse?
A white horse will have snow-white hair and pink skin and brown eyes. It always stays white- age does not affect the color. 
300
What is a Dun coat?
Mostly a shade of yellow to pale yellow to cream. The main, tail, and hooves go from white to black. May have a dorsal stripe down the back. 
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What is a snip facial marking?
A small patch of white which runs over the muzzle, often to the lips. 
300
What is a half stocking marking?
White extends from the coronet to the middle of the cannon 
300
What does Walleyed mean?
The iris of the horse's eye is a light color
400
Bay horses always have what color distinction?
Bays will always have black points except for any small white markings on the legs
400
What is a gray colored horse?
May be born a solid dark color- as it gets older more white hairs appear. As they get older, they can become almost white. 
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What is a blaze facial marking?
A wider white stipe down the face
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What is a Pastern Marking?
White extends from the coronet up to the pastern
400
What is a horse that is tucked up?
The horse is thin and cut up in the flank like a greyhound dog
500
What are the 5 major variations in horse colors?
Dun (or Buckskin)
Gray
Palomino
Pinto (or Paint)
Roan
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What is a Roan coat color?
Mixed white hairs with one or more base colors. Can be a light or dark roan. Combinations of chestnut, bay, or black with white hairs. Red, Strawberry, or Blue Roan. 
500
What is a bald face marking?
White is over most of the flat surface of the face, often including the eyes and nostrils
500
What is a coronet marking?
A white strip that covers the coronet band
500
What is a cross marking?
When a horse has a dark stripe across the shoulders
