Black
entire coat, including muzzle, flanks and legs, are black;
color may fade when exposed to the sun; could have rusty
tinge during certain times of the year; early foals may
be an overall mousy gray, then shed to black. |
Brown
body color brown or black, with light areas at muzzle,
eyes, flank and inside upper legs; mane and tail usually
black. |
Bay
body color reddish brown, with variations ranging from
dark blood bay to light bay and usually distinguished
by black mane and tail, ear tips, lower legs. |
 Bay
Roan
the overall intermingling of white hairs with bay body
color; head, lower legs, mane and tail are usually solid
or darker; does not get progressively whiter with age. |
 Blue
Roan
the overall intermingling of white hairs with a black
body color, head, lower legs, mane and tail are usually
solid or darker; does not get progressively whiter with
age.
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 Buckskin
body color yellowish or gold, mane and tail black; black
on lower legs; lacks primitive markings.
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 Dun
diluted body color of yellowish or gold; mane and tail
are black or brown; has dorsal stripe and usually zebra
stripes on legs and transverse stripe over withers.
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 Gray
dominant over all other color genes; born any color with
white hair progressively turning the coat whiter as the
horse ages; dark skin; normally grays first around eyes
and behind ears. |
 Grullo
a form of dun with body color smoky or mouse-colored (not
a mixture of black and white hairs, but each hair mouse-colored);
mane and tail black; has black primitive markings.
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 Perlino
double dilute of bay/brown resulting in body color of
cream or off-white, lower legs, mane and tail light rust
or chocolate shade; skin is pinkish or gray; eyes are
blue or amber; the coat has enough yellow hue to allow
white markings to be visible. |
 Chestnut
body color dark red or brownish red; range from very light
to liver chestnut; liver chestnut can be distinguished
from black or brown only by the bronze or copper highlights
on the legs; mane and tail usually dark red or brownish
red, but may be flaxen. |
 Cremello
double dilute of chestnut/sorrel resulting in body color,
mane and tail of cream or off-white with pale pinkish skin;
the coat has enough yellow hue to allow white markings
to be visible; eyes are blue or amber. |
 Palomino
diluted body color varying from rich gold to pale yellow;
mane and tail generally pale or off-white but may be same
color as body (with nonblack points). |
 Red
Dun
a form of dun with body color yellowish or flesh-colored;
mane and tail are red or reddish; has red or reddish primitive
markings. |
 Red
Roan
the overall intermingling of white
hairs with chestnut/sorrel body color; head, lower legs,
make and tail are usually sorrel or dark red; does not
get progressively whiter with age. |
 Sorrel
body color reddish or copper-red; mane and tail usually
same color as body, but may be flaxen or very dark brown.
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