COLOURS OF HORSES

COLOURS OF HORSES

Black: Body coloration through out the coat, limbs, mane and tail 

Bay Brown: Brown coloration in the coat, black limb, mane and tail.

Bay: Defined as shades of dull red to brown approaching chestnut, however black coloration on mane, tail, and limbs are permissible 

Chesnut: Yellow coloration with different intensity is known as chestnut. There are two types of chestnuts

True and  Lighter chestnut: True chestnut means colour on mane and tail are lighter than body, whereas in the lighter chestnut colored horse yellow coloration is on mane and tail.

Grey: Body coat having black skin with white hairs, lighest black colour is expressed as Grey

White: Born white, pink skin, the eye or pink or blue

Roan: is identified as coloured body coats with white hairs 

Bay roan: Body colour is black, with white hairs on limbs, knees and hocks, whereas black coloured hairs predominates

Blue Roan: Body colour is black or brown with white colour hairs giving blue tinge

Bay or Red Roan: Reddish tinge to skin coat on limbs and black coloured hair Predominates

Strawberry or chestnut Roan: Where body colour is Chestnut with white hairs

Dun:  It varies from a mouse colour to golden yellow. Zebra markings are generally well marked on animals of these colours. It has two varieties        

Blue dun:   They are seen with dilute blue evenly distributed over the body giving a bluish colour appearance.  It may have a dorsal band and stripes on the withers.

The skin,tail and mane are always black.

Yellow dun:  The skin is black with diffused yellow pigmented hair with or without dorsal band, wither stripes or bars on the leg

Piebald: Large irregular patches of white and the line of demarcation between two colours is well defined

Skewbald: The coat consists of large irregular patches of white and any other colourexcept black 

Whole coloured: where there are no hairs on the body, head and limbs

Marking expression of horses 

Star: White mark on fore head,       

Stripes: Narrow white marking down the face and specification such as interrupted stripe, broad stripe, narrow strip and strip inclined to left/right be specified

Blaze: White marking covering almost complete forehead

White face: White coloured forehead and front of the face.

Snip: An isolated white marking between nostrils

Lip marking: Flesh mark partial/complete

White muzzle: White colour extends between nostrils

Wall eye: Partial/complete discolouration

Whorls: Irregular settings of coat on head and neck.

UNSOUNDNESS OR BLEMISHES IN HORSE

Unsoundness - Defect that affects the usefulness of the horse

Blemish -  Imperfection that does not affect the usefulness of the horse.

Head

Poll evil - Inflammation and swelling of poll

Roman nose – Faulty confirmation

Parrot mouth – Condition where the upper saw overshoots the lower jaw