Different markings of Horses

1. HORSE MARKINGS
Guided by:-
Dr.J.SURESH,
Proffesor,
Dept. Of LPM,
College of veterinary science,
Tirupati,
SVVU.
Submitted by:-
Dr B.SUNIL KUMAR
TVM/2015-024,
Dr Swathi M
DEPT OF LPM,
SVVU.

2. • 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

3. • 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.

4. Types of markings:
• Common markings are
• A. facial markings
• B. leg markings

5. Facial markings
•Blaze
•Strip, stripe, or race
•Bald Face
•Star
•Snip

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

7. • Snip:
Any white marking between the two nostrils

8. • Star:
Any marking on the forehead

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

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

12. • 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.

13. • 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

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

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

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

17. • Pastern:
A marking which includes the entire pastern.

18. • 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.

19. • 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.

20. 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

21. 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

22. Brown horse
Bay horse

23. Bright bay horse Black

24. chestnut
Liver chestnut horse

25. Dapple Gray
Rose or iron gray

26. Flea bitten gray
Liver chestnut
Steel gray

27. Sorrel horse White horse

28. Dun horse Red Roan

29. Dun horse

30. Blue roan
Bay roan

31. Buckskin cremello

32. perlino

33. Overo TobianoOvero

34. Tovero
Tovero

35. Thank you