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 Objective:  I  CAN  _______________________________________________________________       I  WILL  _____________________________________________________________    Horse Terminology Based on Color 1. Basic Body Colors.

a. __________ is a horse that always has a black mane and tail,

usually black points, and remaining body color varying from tan to

brown.

*Points - _____ coloration from the knees and hocks down, as in bays

and browns. Sometimes include the tips of the ears.

b. Black refers to a horse that is _______________ all over its

body including the skin with light areas.

c. A brown horse varies from medium to dark, almost black, brown with

a black mane and tail. A brown can always be distinguished from a

black by the light areas at the ____________________________

and inside the upper legs.

d. A _______________ horse is dark _______ or brownish red with

the mane and tail either the same or lighter in color than the body.

e. A white horse has pure ___________________ and brown, hazel

or blue eyes.

2. Color variations include:

a. _____________ horses which have a spotting pattern either over

the hips or scattered over the body.

b. Roan horses which have a mixture of white and colored hairs.

c. Paint and Pinto horses, which have a combination of white with

colored markings. The two most common patterns are tobiano and

overo.

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 • Tobiano: ________________________________

• Overo: _________________________________

d. Palomino horses which are a __________color, with a _________

or light colored _________ and _____________.

e. Gray horses have a _____________ of white hairs with any

colored hairs.

f. _____ horses have a yellowish or gold body color with a mane and

tail of varying colors with _______________, zebra stripes on legs

and transverse stripes on withers.

g. _____________ horses have a yellowish or gold body color with a

black mane and tail, usually black points and __________________.

h. Sorrell horses have a reddish to copper red body with the mane and

tail usually the same color or flaxen.

Terminology based on Markings

1. Some of the other markings include white head and leg markings.

(Face)

a. A _________ is any white marking in the ______________.

b. A _________ is any white marking, usually __________, between

the nostrils or on the lips.

c. A _________ is a narrow vertical white marking extending from

about the line of the _______ to the ___________.

d. A Blaze is a wide strip of white down the face

e. ______ Face is a wide white strip that covers at least one eye

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(Leg)

d. A ___________ is a white marking which includes the entire

_______________ from the coronet to the pastern.

e. A _______________ is a full white marking to the knee or

_________ from the coronet.

f. A half-stocking is a white marking from the ___________ to the

middle of the ___________.

g. A ______ is a white marking from the coronet to the lower cannon.

*On the horse leg, label the anatomy and markings names.

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 Labeling Practice

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