Markings of Horses by Dr Sunil kumar

HORSE MARKINGS

Guided by:-Dr.J.SURESH,Proffesor,Dept. Of LPM,College of veterinary science,Tirupati,SVVU.

Submitted by:-Dr B.SUNIL KUMARTVM/2015-024,Dr Swathi MDEPT OF LPM,SVVU.

• Markings on horses usually are distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color.

• Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify the horse as a unique individual.

• Markings are present at birth and do not change over the course of the horse's life

• Most markings have pink skin underneath most of the white hairs, though a few faint markings may occasionally have white hair with no underlying pink skin.

• Markings….terms used to define or describe white places on face and legs of the horse

• Markings may appear to change slightly when a horse grows or sheds

its winter coat, however the difference is simply a factor of hair coat length, the underlying design does not change.

Types of markings:• Common markings are

• A. facial markings

• B. leg markings

Facial markings

•Blaze•Strip, stripe, or race•Bald Face•Star•Snip

• Faint• Interrupted• Connected• Irregular Crooked• Lip marking

• Snip: Any white marking between the two nostrils

• Star: Any marking on the forehead

• Strip: A narrow marking extending vertically in the area between the forehead and the nostrils.

• Blaze: A vertical marking of medium, uniform width extending the length of the face.

• Bald Face: A very broad blaze. It can extend out and around the eyes and it can extend down to the upper lip and around the nostrils.

• Strip, stripe, or race:• A marking on the forehead with a narrow extension of the nasal peak

and opening up again between the nostrils. These may be connected

Leg marking• Common leg markings are• Stocking• Sock• Fetlock• Pastern• Coronet

• Coronet: Any narrow marking around the coronet above the hoof.

• Half Pastern: A marking which includes only half the pastern above the coronet.

• Pastern: A marking which includes the entire pastern.

• Sock: A marking which extends around the leg, from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone, or halfway to the knee on the foreleg or halfway to the hock on the back leg.

• Stocking:• A full marking to the area of the knee on the foreleg and to the area

of the hock on the hind leg. It is an extended sock.

Equine coat color

•exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings

•most horses remain the same color throughout life

•a few will develop a different coat color from that with which they were born

Basic coat colors

•Bay; Dark bay, Bright bay, Light bay

•Chestnut; liver chestnut, Sorrel, Blond chestnut

• Gray; Steel gray, Dapple Gray, Flea bitten gray, Rose gray

•Brown

Brown horse

Bay horse

Bright bay horse Black

chestnut

Liver chestnut horse

Dapple Gray

Rose or iron gray

Flea bitten gray

Liver chestnut

Steel gray

Sorrel horse White horse

Dun horse Red Roan

Dun horse

Blue roan

Bay roan

Buckskin cremello

perlino

Overo Tobiano

Overo

Tovero

Tovero

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