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Coat Directory (TBC)

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

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 genetic 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
Asteria - 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
Toothbrush - Grullo Tobiano
Panama - Silver Dapple Splash
Bay (Brown)

Carnelian - Bay
Marshall - Dark Bay
Valegro - Dark Bay
Joergen - Dark Bay Tobiano
Birdie - Dark Bay Birdcatcher
Charlotte - Blood Bay
Rain - Bay Tobiano
Frank - Tricolour Skewbald (Bay Tobiano)
Mika - Silver Bay
Freighter - Dark Silver Bay
Vulcan - Sooty Bay
Mazie - Bay Blanket Appaloosa
Spirit - Buckskin
Kodiak - Buckskin
Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Champion - Buckskin Appaloosa
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Freyja - Brown Dun
Symphony - Bay Dun
Sonata - Amber Champagne Dun

Chestnut (Red)

Zippy - Chestnut 
Man O War - Chestnut
Secretariat - Chestnut
Sergeant Reckless - Chestnut
Blazie - Chestnut Roan
Delta - Chestnut Roan
Annie - Chestnut Tovero
Calihan - Flaxen Liver Chestnut
El Cazador - Liver Chestnut Pintaloosa
Dollor - Dark Chestnut
Star - Palomino
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Heartbreaker - Red Dun
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

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

Champagne

GooseberrySonata - GrulloAmber Champagne Dun

Cream

SINGLE DILUTES:
Spirit - Buckskin
Kodiak - Buckskin
Dustar - Buckskin Overo
Champion - Buckskin Appaloosa
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Star - Palomino
Mr Ed - Palomino
Esperanza - Palomino (Golden)
Trigger - Palomino (Golden)
DOUBLE DILUTES:
Nero - Cremello Overo

Dun

Gooseberry - Grullo

Toothbrush - Grullo Tobiano
Freyja - Brown Dun
Symphony - Bay Dun
Sonata - Amber Champagne Dun
Heartbreaker - Red Dun
Silver

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

WHITE MARKINGS
White markings (excluding roan, rabicano and leopard complex) can also be referred to as Pinto - and the term can apply to horses expressing one or more of certain markings in the presence of different genetic influences. These markings create minimal, medium or extensive areas of white on a horse.

Dominant White

Avalanche - Pure White (Dominant)

Frame Overo

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

Leopard Complex

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

Roan

Blazie - Chestnut Roan
Delta - 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
Frank - Tricolour Skewbald (Bay Tobiano)
Sweetboi - Blue Roan Tobiano
Joergen - Dark Bay Tobiano
Masquerade - Black Tovero
Annie - Chestnut Tovero
Aphrodite - Sooty Buckskin Tobiano
Toothbrush - Grullo Tobiano

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 their own terms:
    • Tobiano + Overo = Tovero
    • Any pinto markings + Appaloosa = Pintaloosa
  • Horses with white markings mayare often mistakenly be referred to indiscriminately 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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Vulcan - Sooty Bay

Dapples

Hickory - Dapple Gray
Joey - Dapple Gray
Kodiak - Buckskin

Birdcatcher Spots

Polaris - Black Birdcatcher
Birdie - Dark Bay Birdcatcher

Blood Marks

Paris - Gray



Fleabitten - Arials

Birdcatcher - Polaris

Sooty - Vulcan

Flaxen - Calihan

Blood Marks - Paris

Stiped - Freighter

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Bald faced - Fortune, Carnelian, Esperanza, Rain, Aphrodite, Frank

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