HORSE MARKINGS

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FACE MARKINGS

Common facial markings are:
ONE. Blaze: a wide white stripe down the middle of the face.
TWO. Strip, stripe, or race: a narrow white stripe down the middle of the face.
THREE. Bald Face: a very wide blaze, extending to or past the eyes. Some, but not all, bald faced horses also have blue eyes.
FOUR. Star: a white marking between or above the eyes. If a stripe or blaze is present, a star must be significantly wider than the vertical marking to be designated separately.
FIVE. Snip: a white marking on the muzzle, between the nostrils.
Additional terms used to describe facial markings include the following:
ONE. Faint: A small, yet permanent marking that usually consists of white hairs without any underlying pink skin.
TWO. Interrupted: A marking, usually a strip or blaze, that is broken and not solid for the entire length of the face.
THREE. Connected: Occasionally used to describe distinctively different markings that happen to be joined to one another
FOUR. Irregular or crooked: A marking, usually a strip or blaze, that does not have a more or less straight path.
FIVE. Lip markings: have no specialized names, usually are described by location, such as "lower lip," "chin", etc. Lip markings may indicate presence of the sabino color pattern.

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LEG MARKINGS

From tallest to shortest, common leg markings are:
ONE. Stocking: white marking that extends at least to the bottom of the knee or hock, sometimes higher
TWO. Sock: white marking that extends higher than the fetlock but not as high as the knee or hock. This marking is sometimes called a "boot."
THREE. Fetlock or Sock: white marking that extends over the fetlock, occasionally called a "boot."
FOUR. Pastern: white marking that extends above the top of the hoof, but stops below the fetlock
FIVE. Coronet: white just above the hoof, around coronary band, usually no more than 1 inch (2.5cm) above the hoof.
Additional terms used to describe white leg markings include:
ONE. Irregular: A marking within the broad confines of a given height, but with significantly uneven edges. Indicated by the highest point of the white. Most often used to describe certain types of stockings.
TWO. Partial: An irregular marking that only extends up part of the leg to the height indicated, sometimes with the other side of the leg dark. Usually used to describe socks and other short markings.
THREE. "High White:" White stockings that extend above the knee or hock, sometimes extending past the stifle onto the flank or belly, considered characteristic of the sabino color pattern.

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PAINT MARKINGS

Tobiano: The most common spotting pattern, characterized by rounded markings with white legs and white across the back between the withers and the dock of the tail, usually arranged in a roughly vertical pattern and more white than dark, with the head usually dark and with markings like that of a normal horse. i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze.
Overo: A group of spotting patterns characterized by sharp, irregular markings with a horizontal orientation, usually more dark than white, though the face is usually white, sometimes with blue eyes. The white rarely crosses the back, and the lower legs are normally dark. The APHA recognizes three overo patterns:
Frame: The most familiar overo pattern, the gene for frame has been genetically mapped and in the homozygous form, results in Lethal White Syndrome (LWS). Visually identified frames have no health defects connected to their color, and are characterized by ragged, sharp white patches on the sides of the body, leaving a "frame" of non-white color that typically includes the topline.
Sabino: Often confused with roan or rabicano, sabino is a slight spotting pattern characterized by high white on legs, belly spots, white markings on the face extending past the eyes and/or patches of roaning patterns standing alone or on the edges of white markings.
Splashed white: The least common spotting pattern, splashed whites typically have blue eyes and crisp, smooth, blocky white markings that almost always include the head and legs. The tail is often white or white-tipped, and body markings originate under the belly and extend "upwards".
Tovero: spotting pattern that is a mix of tobiano and overo coloration, such as blue eyes on a dark head.
Solid: A horse otherwise eligible for registration as a Paint that does not have any white that constitutes a recognized spotting pattern.
"Color": An informal term meaning that the horse has a spotting pattern. (The opposite of "Solid.")
"Chrome": An informal term of approval used in some geographic regions to describe a particularly flashy spotting pattern.

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APPY MARKINGS

Spots General term that refers to a horse that has white or dark spots over all or a portion of its body.
Blanket or snowcap A solid white area normally over, but not limited to, the hip area with a contrasting base color.
Blanket with spots A white blanket which has dark spots within the white. The spots are usually the same color as the horse's base color.
Leopard A white horse with dark spots that flow out over the entire body. Considered an extension of a blanket to cover the whole body.
Few spot leopard A mostly white horse with a bit of color remaining around the flank, neck and head.
Snowflake A horse with white spots, flecks, on a dark body. Typically the white spots increase in number and size as the horse ages.
Appaloosa roan, marble or varnish roan A distinct version of the leopard complex. Intermixed dark and light hairs with lighter colored area on the forehead, jowls and frontal bones of the face, over the back, loin and hips. Darker areas may appear along the edges of the frontal bones of the face as well and also on the legs, stifle, above the eye, point of the hip and behind the elbow. The dark points over bony areas are called "varnish marks" and distinguish this pattern from a traditional roan.
Mottled A fewspot leopard that is completely white with only mottled skin showing.
Roan blanket or Frost Horses with roaning over the croup and hips. The blanket normally occurs over, but is not limited to, the hip area.
Roan blanket with spots A horse with a roan blanket that has white and/or dark spots within the roan area

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