Color And Handling

Question 1

What kind of vision do horses have?

Answer 1

Monocular

Question 2

What does monocular mean?

Answer 2

They can see on both sides of their head, and have blind spots directly in front and behind.

Question 3

What are the base coats of horses?

Answer 3

Black, red, bay, and white

Question 4

What is the gene for black based horses?

Answer 4

E

Question 5

Which type of black horse does not exhibit bleaching?

Answer 5

Jet black (typical black does)

Question 6

What is the gene for bay base coats?

Answer 6

A (agouti gene)

Question 7

What is the defining feature of bay horses?

Answer 7

Black points on legs, ears, and mane and tail.

Question 8

Do horses with a red base have black points?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What is the gene for a white horse?

Answer 9

W

Question 10

Are white horses born a different color?

Answer 10

No, they are white their whole life.

Question 11

What color skin do white horses have?

Answer 11

Pink

Question 12

What is a brown horse genetically?

Answer 12

Bay

Question 13

What is the base coat of a gray?

Answer 13

Any base coat (except white)

Question 14

What is the genetic code for a grey?

Answer 14

G

Question 15

What is the gene code for a dun?

Answer 15

D

Question 16

What are factors of a dun horse?

Answer 16

Yellowish hair, top line, striped legs, black points (or red points)

Question 17

What is the base coat of a grulla?

Answer 17

Black

Question 18

What is the base of a bay dun?

Answer 18

Bay

Question 19

Does a red dun have red points or black?

Answer 19

Red

Question 20

What is the gene code for a cream dilution?

Answer 20

Cr

Question 21

What is the base coat of a palomino?

Answer 21

Red

Question 22

What is the base coat for a buckskin?

Answer 22

Bay

Question 23

What is the genetic code for a roan?

Answer 23

R

Question 24

Are roan horses born with roaning?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

What are characteristics of an overo?

Answer 25

White does not cover top line, framing, and large, irregular face markings

Question 26

What is the gene code for overo?

Answer 26

O

Question 27

What is the gene code for a tobiano?

Answer 27

TO

Question 28

What are traits of a tobiano?

Answer 28

White over the top line, solid head, and rounder spots

Question 29

What is the definitive trait of a tovero?

Answer 29

A “Medicine Hat”

Question 30

What are the different types of appaloosa?

Answer 30

Blanket, leopard, varnished roan, and snowflake

Question 31

Where do unnatural white markings come from?

Answer 31

Scars and brands

Question 32

What are the dark spots in a leg marking called?

Answer 32

Ermine spots

Question 33

What is the gene code for a red horse?

Answer 33

ee