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Horse Colors

Horse Colors. Color of breed v.s . Color breed. Color of Breed- Morgan, Thoroughbred, Hackney can be different colors (sorrel, black, flea-bitten gray) and are still registered as Morgans , Thoroughbreds and Hackneys Color breeds NEED to show (phenotypically) the color

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Horse Colors

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  1. Horse Colors

  2. Color of breed v.s. Color breed • Color of Breed- Morgan, Thoroughbred, Hackney can be different colors (sorrel, black, flea-bitten gray) and are still registered as Morgans, Thoroughbreds and Hackneys • Color breeds NEED to show (phenotypically) the color • Registered Palomino needs to be Palomino regardless of breed

  3. AQHA Recognizes 17 colors • Sorrel • Black • Bay • Brown • Blue Roan • Red Roan • Bay Roan • Grulla • Chestnut • Red Dun • Dun • Palomino • Gray • Buckskin • Cremello • Perlino • White

  4. Black

  5. Bay

  6. Sorrel

  7. Chestnut

  8. Brown

  9. Blue Roan

  10. Grullo

  11. Bay Roan

  12. Red Roan

  13. Dun

  14. Red Dun

  15. Buckskin

  16. Gray • Gray: A mixture of white hairs with any other colored hairs, often born solid colored or almost solid colored and gets lighter with age as more white hairs appear; may have a dorsal stripe

  17. Gray

  18. Palomino

  19. Cremello

  20. Perlino

  21. White

  22. Pinto Horses • Tobiano • Overo • Tovero • Paint v.s. Pinto

  23. Paint v.s. Pinto Paint Pinto Has large patches of white Any horse that is not a registered paint horse Pinto Horse Association • American Paint Horse Association • “Stock” body type • Registered Paint Horse

  24. Tobiano • The dark color usually covers one or both flanks. • Generally, all four legs are white, at least below the hocks and knees. • Generally, the spots are regular and distinct as ovals or round patterns that extend down over the neck and chest, giving the appearance of a shield. • Head markings are like those of a solid-colored horse--solid, or with a blaze, strip, star or snip. • A tobiano may be either predominantly dark or white. • The tail is often two colors.

  25. Tobiano

  26. Overo • The white usually will not cross the back of the horse between its withers and its tail. • Generally, at least one and often all four legs are dark. • Generally, the white is irregular, and is rather scattered or splashy. • Head markings are distinctive, often bald-faced, apron-faced or bonnet-faced. • An overo may be either predominantly dark or white. • The tail is usually one color.

  27. Overo

  28. Tovero • Dark pigmentation around the ears, which may expand to cover the forehead and/or eyes. • One or both eyes blue. • Dark pigmentation around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots. • Chest spot(s) in varying sizes. These may also extend up the neck. • Flank spot(s) ranging in size. These are often accompanied by smaller spots that extend forward across the barrel, and up over the loin. • Spots, varying in size, at the base of the tail.

  29. Tovero

  30. Quiz Time

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