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Red roan, roaning over chestnut, sometimes called "strawberry roan". Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane, and tail—are mostly solid-colored. Horses with roan coats have white hairs evenly intermingled throughout any other color.
Roan is a coat color found in many animals, including horses, cattle, antelope, cats and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that do not "gray out" or fade as the animal ages. [1] There are a variety of genetic conditions which produce the colors described as "roan" in various species.
A gray horse is usually distinguishable from a dominant white or a cremello horse by dark skin, particularly noticeable around the eyes, muzzle, flanks, and other areas of thin or no hair. A roan has intermixed light and dark hairs similar to a young gray horse, but unlike a gray does not lighten to white.
The Strawberry Roan or Strawberry Roan may refer to: Red or “strawberry” roan, a horse coat color; Strawberry Roan, an American western film; Strawberry Roan, a 1932 novel by A. G. Street. Strawberry Roan, a British drama based on the novel; The Strawberry Roan, a 1948 American western film
Chappell Roan, an American singer-songwriter. Charles H. Roan (1923—1944), a United States Marine. Dan Roan (born 1976), a sports editor for BBC News. John Roan, a landowner in Greenwich, London who left his estate for the founding of the John Roan School. John Roan (bishop) (died 1692), a Church of Ireland Bishop of Killaloe.
Rebecca Roanhorse. Rebecca Roanhorse (born March 14, 1971) [4][better source needed] is an American science fiction and fantasy writer from New Mexico. She has written short stories and science fiction novels featuring Navajo characters. [5] Her work has received Hugo and Nebula awards, among others.
A horse with classic sabino belly spots, white above its knees and hocks, a white chin and wide white facial markings. A sabino horse with extensive roaning. Sabino describes a distinct pattern of white spotting in horses. In general, Sabino patterning is visually recognized by roaning or irregular edges of white markings, belly spots, white ...
The roan antelope is a large antelope with a horse-like build. It is the largest antelope in the genus Hippotragus, and one of the largest species of antelopes in the world. Only elands, bongos and large male greater kudus can exceed them in weight on average. The roan antelope stands 135–160 centimetres (53–63 in) at the shoulder, and ...