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snowflake: white spots on a dark body. Typically the white spots increase in number and size as the horse ages. leopard: dark spots of varying sizes over a white body. few spot leopard: a nearly white horse from birth that retains color just above the hooves, the knees, "armpits", mane and tail, wind pipe, and face.
A skewbald horse, chestnut with white patches. Skewbald is a colour pattern of horses. A skewbald horse has a coat made up of white patches on a non-black base coat, such as chestnut, bay, or any colour besides black coat. Skewbald horses which are bay and white (bay is a reddish-brown colour with black mane and tail) are sometimes called ...
Rainscald or Dermatophilus congolensis can leave a horse with small white spots, especially along the topline. Roan horses often develop patches of solid (dark) hair on the roan sections of their bodies wherever there has been any scratch or damage to underlying skin, even if only slight. These are sometimes called "corn marks" or "corn spots."
The white on a pinto horse is generally asymmetric, unlike for example white added by the leopard complex. [2] The non-white area has the same colors in the same arrangements as one would see on a solid horse. Overall, the effect is as if a horse with a solid coat had white painted in patches over top. The white areas of a pinto horse generally ...
Most common are horses with white spots combined with black, bay, brown, and chestnut or sorrel. Less common are horses with spot colors influenced by dilution genes such as palomino, buckskin, cremello, perlino, pearl or "Barlink factor", and champagne, [4] various shades of roan, or various shades of dun, including grullo. [5]
A white blanket which has dark spots within the white. The spots are usually the same color as the horse's base color. [3] 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. [10] Few spot leopard A mostly white horse with a bit of color remaining around the ...
W/n, W5/W20, W20/W22, or SB1/SB1: Horse has pink skin and white hair, usually with brown or dark eyes. Hair coat is white from birth. There may be some patches of color, which may fade to white as the horse grows older. When this is caused by SB1 it may be referred to as "maximum sabino". SB1/n - Classic sabino has assorted pinto or roan-like ...
The term "sabino" is also used for horses who do not carry SB-1, but have white leg markings above the knees and hocks with jagged margins, wide blazes, and belly spots or roaning. In some cases, the term is defined even more broadly, to include white spots on the lower lip or chin, distal white patches on the legs, or "pointy" leg markings. [17]