HIP HIP OR HAY HIPPOLOGY PARTS COLORS AND

HIP, HIP OR HAY! HIPPOLOGY PARTS, COLORS AND MARKINGS NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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PARTS OF A HORSE

FRONT LEG

FACE MARKINGS

LEG MARKINGS

MARKINGS QUIZ! #1

#2

#3

#4

#5

COLOR POINTS OF THE HORSE

DORSAL STRIPE

FIVE BASE COAT COLORS 1. BLACK

2. BROWN Dark brown may be differentiated from black because there will be brown hairs on the muzzle.

3. BAY Bay horses are reddish brown with black points.

4. CHESTNUT (SORREL) Mane and tail are the same color or lighter, never black, which is bay.

5. WHITE White horses have pink skin. If the skin is dark, it is gray.

THREE EPISTATIC MODIFIERS (GENETIC) 1. GRAY Horse is born white and progressively turns gray and then white as it gets older.

THREE EPISTATIC MODIFIERS (GENETIC) 2. ROAN White hairs mixed with another color.

RED ROAN – (ROAN ON BAY)

BLUE ROAN – (ROAN ON BLACK)

STRAWBERRY ROAN – (ROAN ON CHESTNUT)

THREE EPISTATIC MODIFIERS (GENETIC) 3. DOMINANT WHITE Absence of pigment

THE FIVE DILUTIONS • 1. GRULLA – a dilution of black

• 2. Buckskin – single dilution of bay

• 3. Perlino – a double dilution of bay

• 4. Palomino – a single dilution of chestnut

• 5. Cremello – a double dilution of chestnut

SIX WHITE COLOR PATTERNS • 1. Piebald – black with white spots or white with black spots

• 2. Skewbald – white with any other color

• 3. Pinto – large spots (tobiano and overo are types of pintos)

• Tobiano – color on white; white goes on the “TOP”

• Overo – white on color (white does not go “OVER” – “OVER – NO!”)

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UNUSUAL MARKINGS • Lacing • Genetic • Grows as the horse grows.

Birdcatcher Spots Tetrach Chubari Spots Small spots of white on the body about the size of pearles to the size of a dollar coin Thought to be caused by sabino pinto

Bend or Spots Ben d’Or Smuts Grease Spots

BRINDLE – VERTICAL MARKINGS

Blood Marks/Bloody Shoulder Only found on grey horses Large concentration of fleabites in one particular area Rare and usually only happens on Arabians

• Ink Spots/Paw Prints • Darks Spots found on white tobiano markings 1 -3 inches wide • Found in clusters which resemble paw prints

SMILE! SEE YA NEXT TIME!