Colors, markings, and senses of the horse

Question 1

Describe the marking ‘bald face.’

Answer 1

White over most of the flat surface of the face. (Often include eyes and nostrils)

Question 2

What do you call a wide white strip running down the face to the lips?

Answer 2

Blaze

Question 3

Describe the leg marking ‘sock.’

Answer 3

White extends up from the coronet to and including the fetlock.

Question 4

Describe the leg marking ‘pastern.’

Answer 4

White extends up from the coronet to and including the pastern.

Question 5

What leg marking extends up from the coronet to and including the knee?

Answer 5

Full Stocking

Question 6

Describe the face marking ‘star.’

Answer 6

A small, clearly defined patch of white hairs on the forehead. (White mark on the forehead)

Question 7

What do most Grulla colored horses have on their legs and withers?

Answer 7

Zebra Stripes

Question 8

What is the term for faded out color around the horses mouth?

Answer 8

Mealy-Mouthed

Question 9

What is Skewbald?

Answer 9

Any color, except black, with white in a pinto formation.

Question 10

What does flaxen mean?

Answer 10

A mane and tail that are colored light yellow and white.

Question 11

What is the Olfactory sense?

Answer 11

The sense of smell

Question 12

What are the five senses of the horse?

Answer 12

Sight, smell, taste, hear, feel

Question 13

What leg marking is white from the coronet to the middle of the cannon bone?

Answer 13

Half Stocking

Question 14

What is the term for a dark line over the withers from side to side?

Answer 14

Cross (or transverse stripe)

Question 15

Referring to horses, what does the term zebra mean?

Answer 15

Dark stripes on the legs and/or withers

Question 16

What do you call a long narrow band of white running from the forehead down toward the muzzle?

Answer 16

Stripe or Strip

Question 17

What term describes both a horse color and a horny growth found on the inside of a horse’s leg?

Answer 17

Chestnut

Question 18

What is the difference between the coloring of a red bay and a chestnut?

Answer 18

• Bays always have black points, manes, and tails.

- Chestnuts always have either red or occasionally flaxen manes and tails.

Question 19

What is piebald?

Answer 19

Black with white in a pinto formation.

Question 20

What are the 2 most common dorsal stripe colors?

Answer 20

Red & Black

Question 21

What are the 5 white leg markings?

Answer 21

Coronet, pastern, ankle (sock), half stocking, full stocking.

Question 22

Describe the marking ‘coronet.’

Answer 22

A band of white around the coronet band.

Question 23

Describe a roan horse.

Answer 23

One whose coat carries white hairs mixed with one or more base colors.

Question 24

Describe the coat color ‘palomino.’

Answer 24

Golden color (from light yellow to bright copper) with white mane and tail.

Question 25

Describe the coat color 'chestnut.'

Answer 25

Reddish-brown with the same color or lighter tail, mane and legs. May be dark chestnut (sometimes called liver), red chestnut or light chestnut.

Question 26

What is a true white horse?

Answer 26

One that is born white & dies white.

Question 27

What color would you call a black horse who has tan or brown hairs on the muzzle or flank?

Answer 27

Seal Brown

Question 28

What color is a horse that has a reddish-brown body and a black mane and tail

Answer 28

Bay

Question 29

How can you tell whether a horse is black or seal brown?

Answer 29

Tan or brown hairs on the muzzle or flank indicate seal brown. A black horse doesn't have any tan or brown hairs.

Question 30

Describe the marking 'snip.'

Answer 30

Small patch of white that runs over the muzzle, often to the lips.

Question 31

What do call a blue or whitish eye?

Answer 31

Glass eye (Also acceptable: watch eye, walleye)

Question 32

Name two of the 5 major variations of coat colors.

Answer 32

Dun, gray, roan, palomino, pinto

Question 33

Red, Strawberry, & Blue are variations of which color?

Answer 33

Roan

Question 34

Name 3 of the 9 recognized coat patterns of the POA breed?

Answer 34

Blanket, leopard, few spot leopard, frost, white w/ black spots on hindquarters, marbleized roan, roan, solid w/ dark spots, snowflake

Question 35

Where do you find the black points on a horse?

Answer 35

Mane, tail & legs

Question 36

How many basic coat colors are there?

Answer 36

5

Question 37

Most so-called 'white' horses are really which color?

Answer 37

Gray

Question 38

What type of roan would a horse with a mixture of red & white hairs be?

Answer 38

Red Roan

Question 39

What term refers both to white on the face, covering the eye area, or to one defective eye?

Answer 39

Wall-eyed

Question 40

The mealy-mouthed description is most likely to be found in what color horse?

Answer 40

Brown or Bay

Question 41

What are the 3 variations of Overo?

Answer 41

Frame, Sabino, Splashed White

Question 42

What are the three distinctive characteristics of the POA?

Answer 42

Mottled skin, white sclera, vertically striped hooves.

Question 43

What are the 2 patterns of the paint/pinto?

Answer 43

Tobiano & Overo

Question 44

What is a cross between Tobiano & Overo

Answer 44

Tovero

Question 45

What is the term for a dun horse whose yellow hairs are mixed with brown or black?

Answer 45

Grulla

Question 46

Describe the markings of a zebra dun.

Answer 46

Dun horse with black points and zebra stripes on legs & withers.

Question 47

What is the term used for a gray horse that has a lot of black in his coat?

Answer 47

Steel Gray

Question 48

Define 'Flea-bitten Gray.'

Answer 48

A gray horse with small black or reddish specks or spots. Looks like 'flea bites.' Often seen on Arabians.

Question 49

What term means a lack of uniformity in color - a dull, dirty tone?

Answer 49

Ratty