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Horse Identification Flashcards

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Bay

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Reddish brown with black points. Points are defined as the tips of the ears, muzzle, mane, tail and legs

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Brown

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Similar to bay without black points

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Black

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Black with no brown highlights

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Grey

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White or grey coat with dark skin, eyes and muzzle. A grey horse is born as a darker grey and lightens with age, until it is nearly white.

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Chestnut

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Reddish-ginger or copper with the same color or lighter mane, tail and
legs.

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Liver chestnut

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Chestnut with a dark purplish hue

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Dappled grey

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circles of darker colors generally on the

hindquarters

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Iron grey

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mixture of dark grey, black and white hairs

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Flea-bitten grey

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grey or chestnut specks throughout the body

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Palomino

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Golden coat with a cream or

silver mane and tail

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Dun

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A tan or mouse color with dark legs,

dorsal stripe, mane and tail.

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Buckskin

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Dun with no dorsal stripe. May

have zebra stripes on the legs

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Blue roan

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Black and white

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Strawberry roan

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Light chestnut and white

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Red roan

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chestnut and white

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Bay roan

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bay and white

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Roan

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A dark coat with white hairs mixed

in.

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Appaloosa

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Roan with patches of
spots, dark with light spots, white with
dark spots or dark with a white blanket
containing spots

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Three patterns of Appaloosas

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  1. Blanket
  2. Snoflake
  3. Leopard
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Pinto

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Large colored patches of any color and white. Paint is the name of the color breed, while a pinto horse is not necessarily a Paint

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Piebald

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Black and white pinto

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Skewbald

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White and any color other than black

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Star

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White mark between the eyes

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Stripe

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Also known as a strip or race. A narrow facial marking that runs down the center of the horse’s face and may be
connected to a star or a snip

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Snip

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White or flesh colored mark on the muzzle that may be connected to a stripe

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Blaze

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Wide white marking that runs the length of the horse’s face

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Bald Face

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Wide facial marking that extends to or past the inside corner of one or both eyes

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Faint marking

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Consisting of only a few hairs

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Interrupted

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A stripe or blaze that is broken (not solid) for the entire length of the face

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Connected

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A star and stripe; a stripe and snip; or a star, stripe and snip that are attached

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Irregular or crooked

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Refers to stripes and blazes

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Heel marking

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White marking on one or both bulbs of the horse’s heel

33
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Coronet marking

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White marking that encircles the coronet band

34
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Pastern marking

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White marking starting at the coronet band and ending lower than a sock

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Sock or half stocking

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White marking that extends higher than the fetlock but not as high as the knee or hock

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Stocking

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White marking that extends to, or above, the knee or hock

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Ermine

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Black dots within a white leg marking

38
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Grade horse

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horse of unknown or mixed breeding

39
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Oldest pure breed of horse

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Arabian

40
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Characteristics of Arabians

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They are small, high spirited and intelligent.

Deeply dished head, large eyes, fine skin and coat, arched neck, high tail carriage, flaring nostrils, and delicate muzzle.

41
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Arabians are commonly used for ____

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endurance riding

42
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Thoroughbred origin

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Racing in England

43
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TBs are descendants of

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  1. Darley Arabian
  2. Godolphin Arabian
  3. Byerly Turk
44
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TB characteristics

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refined head with wide-set intelligent eyes, long light neck, well-muscled sloping shoulders and muscular hind end.

They are tall, rangy, fast, sensitive and powerful with good endurance and long, low strides.

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Quarter Horse origin

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American - bred to race a quarter mile and work cattle

46
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QH characteristics

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compact and
well-muscled body with strong hindquarters. They are usually calm and intelligent. Quarter Horses are used for almost all disciplines.

47
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Appaloosa origin

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Originally bred as Native American ponies in the Northwestern part of the United States.

48
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Appy characteristics

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Known for their spotted coloring and striped hooves, sparse mane and tail, spotted genitals and muzzle and sclera (white ring) around the eye.

They are used for many different disciplines, such as Western, English, jumping, trail and pleasure riding.

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Warmbloods

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Not a single breed, but a group of breeds created in Europe by breeding hot-blooded horses such as
Thoroughbreds and Arabians with cold-blooded draft horses.

They are tall, strong and athletic and bred for jumping, dressage and driving.

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Welsh pony origins

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Originated in the mountains of Wales.

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Welsh pony characteristics

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Medium sized with beautiful heads, compact bodies and a floating trot, they are used for jumping and driving

52
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Welsh Mountain Pony (Sec A)

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Not to exceed 12.2 hands

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Welsh Mountain Pony (Sec B)

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does not exceed 14.2 hands

54
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Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Sec C)

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Does not exceed 13.2 hands

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Welsh Cob (Sec D)

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Does not exceed 14.2 hands

56
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Horses that are tattooed

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  1. TBs - letter (birth year) followed by 4 or 5 numbers
  2. QHs - four of five numbers, one letter
  3. SBs - one letter, four numbers

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