Horse Markings

Question 1

Star

Answer 1

Face marking

white mark on forehead above a line running from eye to eye

Question 2

Bald

Answer 2

Face marking
Broad white mark down face, extended over nose. can extend out and around eyes, and down to the upper lip and around the nostrils.

Question 3

Blaze

Answer 3

Face marking

very wide, covers most of the face and down over the nostrils, covers the entire forehead, but not eyes or nostrils.

Question 4

Snip

Answer 4

Face marking

mark between nostrils or on lips, usually vertical.

Question 5

Stripe

Answer 5

Face marking

narrow, vertical white mark down face extending from near the line of the eyes toward the nostrils.

Question 6

Coronet

Answer 6

Leg marking

any narrow white marking around the hoof.

Question 7

Half-Pastern

Answer 7

Leg marking

white marking which includes only half of the pastern area above the coronet.

Question 8

Pastern

Answer 8

Leg marking

white marking which includes the entire pastern area

Question 9

Ankle

Answer 9

Leg marking

white marking that extends from the coronet to and including the fetlock.

Question 10

Half-stocking or Sock

Answer 10

Leg Marking
extends around the leg from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone.
Front leg - extends all the way to the knee
Back leg - extends halfway to the hock.

Question 11

Stocking

Answer 11

Leg marking

full white marking almost to the knee or hock.