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PAINT HORSE

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Characteristics:

Colors and Patterns of the American Paint Horse:
Each Paint Horse has a particular combination of white and any color of the equine spectrum: black, bay, brown, chestnut, dun, grullo, sorrel, palomino, buckskin, gray or roan. Markings can be any shape or size, and located virtually anywhere on the Paint's body. Although Paints come in a variety of colors with different markings, there are only three specific coat patterns: overo, tobiano and tovero. These colors, markings, and patterns, combined with stock-type conformation, athletic ability and agreeable disposition, make the American Paint Horse an investment in quality.

Coat Patterns:
Overo: (pronounced: oh vair' oh) The white usually will not cross the back of the horse between its withers and its tail. Generally, at least one and often all four legs are dark. Generally, the white is irregular, and is rather scattered or splashy. Head markings are distinctive, often bald-faced, apron-faced or bonnet-faced. An overo may be either predominantly dark or white. The tail is usually one color.
Tobiano: (pronounced: tow be yah' no) The dark color usually covers one or both flanks. Generally, all four legs are white, at least below the hocks and knees. Generally, the spots are regular and distinct as ovals or round patterns that extend down over the neck and chest, giving the appearance of a shield. Head markings are like those of a solid-colored, or with a blaze, strip, star or snip. A tobiano may be either predominantly dark or white. The tail is often two colors.
Tovero: (pronounced: tow vair' oh) These horses combine the characteristics of both overos and tobianos.

Coat Colors:
Paints come in all colors. To determine the color of your horse, use the illustrations here as a guideline. Keep in mind that the colors and patterns of American Paints come in all combinations.

Red Roan: A red roan is a uniform mixture of white with red hairs on a large portion of the body, but usually darker on the heard and lower legs. The mane and tail may be red, black, flaxen or white.

Black: True black coats are rare. The body color is black without light areas (other than white markings). The mane and tail may be black, white or both.

Blue Roan: A blue roan is a uniform mixture of white with black hairs over a large portion of the body, but usually darker on the head and lower legs. The mane and tail may be black or white.

Brown: The body is brown or black with no hint of red. Light areas can be found on the muzzle, eyes, flank and inside upper legs. The mane and tail may be black, white or both.

Gray: Gray is a mixture of white and any other color hair. A gray is often born solid- or almost solid- colored and gets lighter with age.

Bay: The body color ranges from tan through red to reddish-brown. The mane and tail may be black, white or both. Both is also commonly found on the lower legs.

Palomino: The body color is golden yellow. The mane and tail are white. Palominos do not have dorsal stripes like the similarly colored dun horse.

Chestnut: The body color is dark red or brownish-red. The mane and tail are usually dark red or brownish-red, but may be flaxen or white.

Buckskin: The buckskin has a body color of shades of yellow or gold. The mane and tail may be black, white or both. Black is common on the lower legs. A buckskin may not have a black dorsal stripe.

Sorrel: The body is a reddish or copper-red color. The mane and tail are usually the same color as the body and may be flaxen or white.

Grullo: The body color is smoky or mouse-colored (not a mixture of black and white hairs, but each hair mouse-colored). The mane and tail may be black, white or both, and there typically is a black dorsal stripe and black on the lower legs.

Dun :The body color is yellowish or gold, with each hair the same color. The mane and the tail may be black, brown or white. Duns may exhibit a dorsal stripe, a transverse stripe over the withers, and zebra stripes on the legs.

Red Dun: Red dun has a yellow- or flesh-colored body. The mane and tail are red or reddish, flaxen, white or mixed. Typically the dorsal stripe, transverse stripe and zebra stripes on the legs are red or reddish.

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