| Black: | The horse's coat, mane, and tail are black.
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| Brown: | The horse's coat, mane, and tail are brown. The
color may be nearly black, or lighter. Very dark
seal brown may be distinguished from black by
looking at the muzzle. If there are brown hairs
here, the horse is brown.
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| Bay: | The horse's coat is reddish brown. The mane and
tail are black, as are the horse's legs. Bay
horses are said to have black points, and these
are the legs, mane, tail, points of the ears, and
the muzzle.
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| Chestnut: | The horse's coat is a shade of red. The mane
and tail are also chestnut, and may be the same
shade as the coat, lighter that the coat
(flaxen) or darker than the coat, but NEVER
BLACK. (If he had a black mane and tail then
he'd be a bay).
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| White: | The horse is entirely white, with pink skin. If
he has dark skin, he isn't white, he's gray. |
| piebald: | black with white spots, or vice versa
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| skewbald: | white with any other color
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| pinto: | large spots (includes tobiano and overo)
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| tobiano: | color on white (white extends over the back)
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| overo: | white on color (white does not cross over the top
line)
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| appaloosa: | small spots (includes leopard, blanket,
snowflake, and roan with appy markings)
*see Breed notes, appaloosa
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