Paint Horse
Markings
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What is A Paint Horse?
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Colorful coat patterns can certainly make
some horses easy to spot in a crowd, but not
every loudly colored horse is actually a
"Paint".
Learn the difference between "Paint" and
"Pinto".
Each Paint Horse has a particular
combination of white and any color of the
equine spectrum: black, bay, brown, chestnut,
dun, grullo, sorrel, palomino, buckskin, gray
or roan. Markings can be any shape or size,
and located virtually anywhere on the Paint's
body. For a Paint to be eligible for the
Regular Registry the horse must exhibit a
minimum amount of white hair over un-pigmented
(pink) skin.
Although Paints come in a variety of colors
with different markings, there are only three
specific coat patterns as illustrated below:
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Overo |
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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. |
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Tobiano |
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The dark
color usually covers one or both
flanks. Generally, all four legs are
white, at least below the hocks and
knees; 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 |
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Tovero |
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A Tovero features 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. |
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