Mini Horse Kids Club

               

Albino: Albino animals of other species have a total absense of skin and iris pigment , resulting in pink skin, white hair or fur and red eyes and have difficulty surviving in nature. The only type of albinism recognised in horses is Cremello and Perlino , Where some pigment is retained.

Appaloosa: A appaloosa comes in many colours , with white blankets or spots , there are many varities of appaloosa so ive included many pictures of them , with the they're colour name:

 Spotted Balnketed Appaloosa , As you can see he has a blanket on the rump with spots as well.

 Near Leopard , meaning his not a full leopard as his spots dont go down to his hooves.

 Marble with Spots on Rump , a roan coloured body with spots on  the rump.

 Spotted Blanket , a solid coloured horse with a spotted blanket.

 Fewspot Leopard , Fewpsots are always WHITE with Varnish markings meaning dark coloured points such as legs , flanks , mane and tail , ears and head. A fewspot is NEVER a black or brown coloured horse with white spots , if you were wanting to breed spotted horses , this is the colour to get.

 Solid Appaloosa , he would have the appaloosa chracteristics such as mottled mouth and sclerea around the eyes.

 Snowcap Appaloosa , which appears to look as though snow fell on his back.

 Leopard Appaloosa , this horse has spots all the way down to his hooves , making him a true leopard.

Marbled appaloosa , where there are no spots visible but looks like a roan , with coloured patches , and appaloosa characteristics such as mottled mouth and scelera around the eyes.

Bay: Can vary from light to dark red colored coat with black points such as ears , muzzle and legs.

Black: Black is black , most people refer a dark brown horse as being balck which is untrue , to tell a true black , a few horse studs do this , afetr there washed , take them out in the sun and if there coat looks to appear nearly a purple shine , you have a true black , a black horse must not have any brown on them , they're coat is to be Jet Black.

Brown: Brown horses come in all shades of brown , usually they're coat is usually lighter then they're muzzle and other points of the body. Brown also may look black but have tan coloured muzzles and flanks.

Buckskin: Usually a gold coloured body like a dollar coin , to a creme colour , with black mane and tail with black points.

  Dark Buckskin     Light Buckskin

Chestnut: a Red coloured body , any shade from light to dark , mane and tail may to be the same colour or a little lighter or darker.

Cremello: a pale cream , almost white coat with blue eyes.

 

Grey: Greys are never born grey , they are always born either a solid colour or as a two toned colour such as pinto or appaloosa , as they get older there coat begins to grey out with white hairs appearing throught the horses coat.

     

Paint: These appear to look like a pinto , but have characteristics which separate them , most paints are very flashy in colour , they usually have baldy faces and white stockings and belly splashes. These coloured horses come in many colours also.

   

Palomino: palomino is a gold colour to a cream coloued coat with a white mane and tail , they also come in dappled palominos as well.

 

Perlino: Perlinos have a dun body colour with a rusty mane and tail and blue eyes.

 

Pintaloosa: A pinto colour combined with an appaloosa colour , they are also known as paintaloosa.

Pinto: A broad description for any horse with patches of white against a solid colour. These come in many colours and some have they're own special names so ive included pictures and there names:

Roan: a Mixture of white hairs  with another colour, present from birth and not changing markedly throughout its life. Usually white hairs are mostly around the body of the horse , leaving the legs and head darker.

Taffy: A chocalate to brown coloured body  , the mane and tail are usually white  , they may also come in dappled taffy.