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Bald Face
AKA: White face, mostly white face, markings go over the eyes
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Bay
Red-brown to dark brown or gold, with a black main, tail, and legs
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Blanket
White over hips, with or without dark spots- Seen on Appaloosa’s
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Blaze
Wide stripe down nose, but inside eyes
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Blue Roan
Black or black/brown body with white hairs, giving a bluish tinge
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Buckskin
Yellowish-gold body with black main, tail, and legs
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Chestnut/Sorrell
Reddish, gold shade. Mane and tail have various shades of chestnut
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Dapple gray
Dapple gray consists of a dark hair coat with “dapples,” which are dark rings with lighter hairs on the inside of the ring, scattered over the entire body of the animal.
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Dorsal stipe
Band across withers and extending down tail. Almost always found with a dun coat, there will sometimes be zebra striping on legs as well.
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Dun
Yellowish or tan coat with "dun factors:" a darker-colored mane and tail, a dorsal stripe along the back and occasionally faint horizontal zebra stripings on the upper legs and a possible transverse stripe across the withers
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Flea bitten gray
Gray coat with white mane and tail. (Looks like the horse is covered with fleas)
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Frost
White speckling on dark background-Seen on Appaloosa’s
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Gray
Black skin with white hair, coat lightens with age. Notice the black around the eyes and muzzle.
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Grullo/grulla
Smokey gray colored body, dark dorsal stripe.
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Leopard
White base with dark spots all over body of horse
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Marble
Red or blue roaning with dark coloring on edges. Seen on Appaloosa’s
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Palomino
Gold coat with white mane and tail
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Piebald
Large irregular patterns of black and white
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Red roan
Bay or Bay-brown body with white hairs, giving a reddish tinge.
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Snip
White marking on muzzle area
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Snowflake gray
Very distinct pointed dapples…looks like a snowflake
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Star
White spot between eyes on forehead
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Stripe
White narrow stripe down face
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Tobiano
White base coat with irregular patches of solid color. Specific to paint or pinto breed
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