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Appaloosa |
a black, brown, chestnut, bay or roan body with white
spots or roaning usually on rump; a white or roan body with black
or brown spots. |
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Bay |
a red-brown body with black mane, tail and legs. |
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Chestnut |
a coat, mane and tail from red-gold to dark red-brown. Mane and
tail may be flaxen. A light chestnut is also called Sorrel. |
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Black |
a black coat with black nose and flank areas. |
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Dun |
a yellow coat with a darker stripe down the spine and bars on the
legs. |
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Buckskin |
a yellow coat with black mane, tail and legs and a black stripe
down the spine (dorsal stripe). |
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Palomino |
a yellow coat with white mane, tail and legs. |
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Pinto |
large irregular coloured and white spots; one special breed with
these markings is called Paint. |
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Roan |
any colour mixed with white. Ususally found in Paints and Appaloosas. |
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Grey |
the coat ranges from almost black to white. A light grey can be
told from an Albino because the skin under the coat is dark, not pink. |
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Dappled |
circular patterns of light and dark colour, usually on a grey. |
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Brown |
very dark brown, almost black with lighter nose and flank. |