EQUINE BREEDS & COLORS

Palomino

Pinto

Common Equine Colors

Sorrel – Reddish to Copper Red, mane and tail are usually the same color as the body, mane and tail may be flaxen. Usually used to describe Quarter Horses and Draft Breeds

Chestnut

Chestnut - Reddish to Copper Red, mane and tail are usually the same color as the body, mane and tail may be flaxen.

Bay

Bay – Ranges from tan – reddish brown, mane & tail are usually black, lower legs are usually black

Brown

Brown – Brown – black w/ lighter areas on the body around the muzzle, eyes, and inside of upper legs, most common mane & tail are black

Black

Black – The body, mane, & tail are uniformly black

Palomino

Palomino – Golden yellow w/ white mane & tail, no dorsal stripe

Buckskin

Buckskin – Yellowish – golden w/ black mane, tail, & lower legs

Dun

Dun – Yellow – Golden w/ black, brown, red, yellow, white, or a combination of colors mane & tail, dorsal stripe, stripes on the legs & over the withers,

Have black skin

Red Dun

Red Dun – Yellow – flesh color w/ red dorsal stripe, mane, & tail

Grey

Grey – Combination of white, gray, & black hairs, animal will lighten w/ age

Roan

Blue Roan – Mixture of white & black in the body coat

Red Roan – Mixture of white & brown in the body coat

Strawberry Roan – Mixture of white & red in the body coat

White

A true white horse is born white and maintains the same color all through life, has pink skin around the nose & eyes

Leg Markings

Face Markings