Coat Directory

Search for the perfect coat by color base, genetics or other miscellaneous factors!

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BASE COLOURS
The 3 base horse colours are black, bay and chestnut. Horses may express various tones of those base colors, and some colors are affected in more dramatic ways by other genetics. For some, that occurs gradually over time (gray, roan) and others express less common coloration from birth or as they mature (dilutions). The presence of many unique geneticalgenetic markings that a horse can express makes for a huge variety of potential combinations that can occur on top of a base coat.

Black

Obsidian - Black
Jessie - Black
Polaris - Black Birdcatcher
Burrito - Black Leopard Appaloosa
Domino - Black Snowcap Appaloosa
Lunar - Black Silver Rabicano
Masquerade - Black Tovero
Schwoompl - Blue Roan
Fortune - Blue Roan
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano
Gooseberry - Grullo
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash

Bay (Brown)

Marshall - Dark Bay
Valegro - Dark Bay
Joergen - Dark Bay Tobiano
Charlotte - Blood Bay
Rain - Bay Tobiano
Mika - Silver Bay
Vulcan - Sooty Bay
Mazie - Bay Blanket Appaloosa
Spirit - Buckskin
RainDustar - BayBuckskin TobianoOvero

Chestnut (Red)

Zippy - Chestnut 
Man O War - Chestnut
Secretariat - Chestnut
Sergeant Reckless - Chestnut
Blazie - Chestnut Roan
Calihan - Flaxen Liver Chestnut
El Cazador - Liver Chestnut Pintaloosa
Dollor - Dark Chestnut
Star - Palomino
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Nero - Cremello Overo

Other / Unknown

Avalanche - Pure White (Dominant)
Ghost - Gray
Paris - Gray
Ibis - Gray
Finbar Foaley - Gray
Hickory - Dapple Gray
Joey - Dapple Gray
Arial - Fleabitten Gray
Orion - Snowy Gray
Rosita - Rose Gray
No Buckle - Rose Gray Splash

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DILUTIONS
Dilution genes add a layer of genes that quite literally dilute the base coat, and occasionally they eyes or skin too.

Champagne

Gooseberry - Grullo

Cream

SINGLE DILUTES:
Spirit - Buckskin
Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Star - Palomino
Mr Ed - Palomino
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Trigger - Palomino (Golden)
DOUBLE DILUTES:
Nero - Cremello Overo

Dun

Silver

Lunar - Black Silver Rabicano
Mika - Silver Bay
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash

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WHITE MARKINGS

Dominant White

Avalanche - Pure White (Dominant)

Frame Overo

Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Nero - Cremello Overo
Masquerade - Black Tovero

Leopard Complex

Mazie - Bay Blanket Appaloosa
Burrito - Black Leopard Appaloosa
Domino - Black Snowcap Appaloosa
El Cazador - Liver Chestnut Pintaloosa

Roan

Blazie - Chestnut Roan
Schwoompl - Blue Roan
Fortune - Blue Roan
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano

Sabino

Splashed White

No Buckle - Rose Gray Splash
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash

Tobiano

Rain - Bay Tobiano
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano
Joergen - Dark Bay Tobiano
Masquerade - Black Tovero

Rabicano

Lunar - Black Silver Rabicano

NOTE:

• Pinto may be used to describe horses expressing the above markings (excluding Roan/Rabicano/Leopard complex)
• Certain combinations of Pinto markings often have own terms:
  
  • Tobiano + Overo = Tovero
    
  • Any pinto markings + Appaloosa = Pintaloosa
• Horses with white markings may often be referred to as Paint, however Paint horses are a breed that heavily feature Pinto markings, the term is not specific to the markings or genetics themselves.
  
• In the UK, horses are commonly referred to as Piebald (Black & White) or Skewbald (Brown & White) when describing Pinto markings.

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NOTES

- A way to link tags to here, or link to the tags for the coats channel?

- Drop down for popular specific colours, like dapple gray, fleabitten, birdcatcher


Dapple gray - HickoryHickory, Joey

Fleabitten - Arials

Birdcatcher - Polaris

Sooty - Vulcan

Flaxen - Calihan

Blood Marks - Paris