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Buckskin: A bay horse with one copy of the cream gene, a dilution gene that "dilutes" or fades the coat color to a yellow, cream, or gold while keeping the black points (mane, tail, legs). Palomino: chestnut horse that has one cream dilution gene that turns the horse to a golden, yellow, or tan shade with a flaxen or white mane and tail. Often ...
Skewbald horses which are bay and white (bay is a reddish-brown colour with black mane and tail) are sometimes called tricoloured. These horses usually have pink skin under white markings and dark skin under non-white areas. Other than colour, it is similar in appearance to the piebald pattern. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the ...
Dark bay should not be confused with "Liver" chestnut, which is also a very dark brown color, but a liver chestnut has a brown mane, tail and legs, and no black points. Bay horses have black skin and dark eyes, except for the skin under markings, which is pink. Skin color can help an observer distinguish between a bay horse with white markings ...
Bay: A horse coat color that features black point coloration on a red base coat. All bay horses have a black mane, tail and legs (except where overlain by white markings), caused by the presence of the agouti gene. Most have black hairs along the edges of their ears and on their muzzles, and occasionally will have a slight darkening of the ...
Z/Z or Z/n: Silver dapple - Dilutes eumelanin (black pigment). Converts black to brown with white/silvery mane and tail or results in silver coloring. n/n: No silver. MFSD12 [39] Mu mu: Mu/Mu or Mu/mu: Mushroom - Dilutes red pigment to a sepia shade. mu/mu: No mushroom effect. STX17 G g: G/G or G/n: gray gene. Horse is born another colour and ...
Tri-coloured (archaic: oddbald) refers to a horse with three different coat colours in a pinto spotting pattern of large white and dark patches, usually bay (a reddish colour with a black mane and tail) and white. This colouring is also commonly called skewbald (referring to a horse with a spotted coat that is white and any colour other than ...
dark brown body coat with black point coloration and tan coloration around muzzle, eyes, flanks and other "soft" areas. Lacks reddish tint seen in most bay horses: Phenotype; Body: dark brown with lighter tan coloration at soft points of body: Head and Legs: Black: Mane and tail: Black: Skin: Black: Eyes: Brown: Other notes: Not to be confused ...
The dorsal stripe runs through the mane and tail of a dun horse, so the center of the mane and tail are darker. The outer edges may be significantly lighter, even close to white. These paler hairs are seen at the base of the tail and on the edges of the mane. The presence of guard hairs may also be called "frosting". [7]