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Coat is an integral aspect of the judging at competitions such as a conformation dog show, a cat show, a horse show (especially showmanship classes), or a rabbit show. The pelage of a show animal may be divided into different types of hair , fur or wool with a texture ranging from downy to spiky.
The overall effect is that of a silver or lightened appearance to the affected part of the coat. Descriptions of roan coat colors are as follows: Red Roan or strawberry roan describes true or classic roan on a chestnut base coat. The mane and tail remain red or have only a few white hairs, while the body ranges from nearly chestnut to pinkish.
The horse's head is usually a solid color and is not affected by the striping. The brindled pattern has no effect on dark points on horses. Some brindle-colored horses are more eye-catching than others. With this coat pattern there is a base coat that covers the entire body of the horse. This base coat color can be any color.
Cream coat colors are described by their relationship to the three "base" coat colors: chestnut, bay, and black. All horses obtain two copies of the SLC45A2 gene; one from the sire, and one from the dam. A horse may have the cream allele or the non-cream allele on each gene. Those with two non-cream alleles will not exhibit true cream traits.
Brindle: One of the rarest colors in horses, characteristics are any base coat color with "zebralike" stripes, but the most common is a brown horse with faint yellowish markings. Usually linked to chimerism , [ 10 ] but one heritable brindle pattern that affects coat texture and color in a family of American Quarter Horses has been named ...
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The long-roached manes of Fjords clearly show the light, outside primitive guard hairs. 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.
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