COMMON COLORS
UNCOMMON COLORS
FACE MARKINGS
LEG MARKINGS
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100
This coat color can be described as: brown bodies and black manes, tails, and points on their legs, faces, and ears.
What is a Bay
100
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This color cane described as: a combination of a base color with an overlaid spotting pattern
What is an Appaloosa?
100
A white marking on the forehead that can be of any size and shape
What is a Star?
100
White marking that extends higher than the fetlock but not as high as the knee or hock
What is a Sock?
100
a stripe that runs down the horse's back from the withers to the base of the tail
What is a Dorsal Stripe?
200
This color can be described as: red coat that can range from light (called sorrel by many stock-breed registries) to liver (dark). They can also showcase flaxen manes and tails, which are lighter than the horse’s coat.
What is a Chestnut?
200
This Color can be described as: pink skin under its hair coat, and may have brown, blue, or hazel eyes
What is White?
200
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A narrow, white marking that goes down the middle of the face.
What is a Stripe?
200
White marking that extends at least to the bottom of the knee or hock, sometimes higher.
What is a Stocking?
200
Stripe that extends from the withers down the shoulder
What is a Shoulder Stripe or 'cross' when combined with a dorsal stripe
300
This color can be described as: nearly black but have brown hairs in the fleshy parts of their body, usually around the muzzle, elbow, and flank.
What is Seal Brown?
300
This color is described as: alternating dark and light bands of color. This unique coloration results from specific genetic mutations that affect hair and skin development
What is Brindle?
300
A wide, white marking that goes down the middle of the face. Can be symmetrical or go down the face quite unevenly.
What is a Blaze?
300
White marking that extends over the fetlock, occasionally called a “boot”.
What is a Fetlock?
300
a patch of hair that grows in the opposite direction of the surrounding hair
What is a Whorl?
400
This color can be described as: white hairs or ticking throughout their coats. They will be born with their coat color and do not change (at least much) over time. They come in a variety of base colors, including but not limited to strawberry (bay), red (chestnut), and blue (black)
What is a Roan?
400
This color can be described as: a dilute coat color found in Shetland Ponies that results in a distinctive “sepia” toned coat color, often accompanied by a flaxen mane and tail.
What is Mushroom?
400
A white marking that is typically between the nostrils but that can be of varying size and might cover a larger area of the muzzle.
What is a Snip?
400
White coat just above the hoof, around the coronary band and usually no more than 2.5 cm above the hoof.
What is a Coronet or Coronet Band?
400
A depression in the muscle, usually found on the lower part of a horse's neck or shoulder. Commonly found on Arabians
What is a Prophet's Thumbprint
500
This color can be described as: golden coat, black points (legs and ears), and black manes and tails.
What is a Buckskin?
500
This color is described as: pure cream-colored coat, pink skin and blue, mesmerizing eyes, delicate pale gold, often shimmering in the sunlight
What is Cremello?
500
A white marking that extends from the muzzle to, or past, the eyes, leaving most of the face white.
What is Baldface?
500
White marking which includes only half the pastern above the coronet.
What is a Half Pastern?
500
Black or brown dots found within a a stocking or sock..spots must be located just above the hoof, touching the coronary (coronet) band
What are Ermine Spots?