Unit 2: Identification Methods Flashcards
1
Q
Reasons why horse identification is important
A
- horse theft
- proof of ownership or transfer of ownership
3, ability to return stolen horses/deter theft - needed to register into breed organization
- advertising method (permanent ID)
2
Q
colorings and markings
A
signalments
3
Q
7 types of signalment description IDs
A
- body color
- head markings
- eye color
- leg markings
- chestnuts
- cowlicks or whorls
- scars and blemishes
4
Q
solid horse colors
A
black, bay, brown, chestnut (sorrel), buckskin, gray, white, palomino
5
Q
4 types of body color
A
- solid color
- roan
- paint or pinto
- appaloosa
6
Q
colors of roan
A
red and blue
7
Q
what si recorded for appaloosa coloring
A
base color & coat pattern
8
Q
head markings are always what color
A
white
9
Q
7 types of head markings
A
- star
- star & stripe
- star & snip
- narrow strip, connected star, strip, & snip
- blaze
- connected star & connected strip, and a snip
- bald
10
Q
where is a snip
A
on the nose
11
Q
what is a blaze
A
forehead and nose (doesn’t include around the eyes)
12
Q
2 eye colors
A
brown & blue/glass
13
Q
5 types of leg markings
A
1. coronet 2 pastern 3. sock 4. half stocking 5. stockings
14
Q
tiny sliver above hoof
A
coronet marking
15
Q
covers all of pastern, stops before fetlock
A
pastern marking
16
Q
white includes fetlock and a little above
A
sock
17
Q
white to midpoint of cannon bone
A
half stocking
