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Breeds of Livestock
Horse Colors
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| Bay |
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Body ranging from tan to red to reddish brown; the mane and tail are black and the legs are usually black.
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| Black |
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Body color true black without light areas; the mane
and tail are black
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| Blue Roan |
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More or less a uniform mixture of white with black
hairs on the body, but usually darker on head and lower legs;
can have a few red hairs in mixture
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| Brown |
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Body color is brown or black with light areas at
the muzzle, eyes,flank and inside legs; mane and tail are black
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| Buckskin |
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Body color is yellowish or gold; mane and tail black;
usually black on lower legs. Buckskins usually do not have dorsal
stripes.
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| Chestnut |
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Body color dark red or brownish-red; mane and tail
usually dark red or brownish-red, but may be flaxen
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| Dun |
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Body color yellowish or gold; mane and tail may be
black, brown, red, yellow, white, or mixed; usually has dorsal
stripe, zebra stripes on legs and transverse stripes over withers
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| Gray |
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Mixture of white with any colored hairs, often born
solid colored or almost solid colored and get lighter with age
or more white hairs appear
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| Grullo |
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Body color smoky or mouse-colored (not a mixture
of black and white hairs, but each hair is mouse colored), mane
and tail are black; usually black on lower legs. Usually has
dorsal stripe.
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| Paint |
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The two most common paint color patterns are tobiano
and overo. The tobiano horse will usually have head markings
like a solid colored horse; legs may be white and body markings
are often regular and distinct, being oval or round patterns.
The overo horse will often have a bald face, at least one dark
colored leg and body markings that are usually irregular, scattered,
or splashy white (these markings that do not cross the back
between the withers and the tail)
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| Palomino |
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Body color golden yellow; mane and tail white. Palominos
do not have a dorsal stripe.
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| Red Dun |
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A form of Dun with
body color yellowish or beige; mane , tail and dorsal stripe
are red.
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| Red Roan |
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More a less a uniform mixture of white with red hairs
on the body; but usually darker on head and lower legs; can
have red, black or flaxen mane and/or tail.
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Information Source: Methods of Identification
for Horses, Craig Wood, Department of Animal Sciences, Extension Publication
ASC 146, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture.
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