Horses

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Horses

• By Ms. Fleming

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Objectives

• Recall the scientific name for horses.
• Describe colors of horses.
• Identify the head markings.
• Identify leg markings.
• Describe terms related to horses.
• Label parts of the horse.

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Scientific Name

• Equine is the scientific name for horses.
• Horses, zebras, and donkeys are all included in
  this family.

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Colors of Horses

• White is not a horse color
• Gray
• Buckskin
• Appaloosa
• Bay
• Dark Chestnut
• Sorrel or Chestnut
• Red Dun
• Palomino

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Gray

• Markings that they usually have are
• Right front sock
• Left and right rear socks
• Face is usually unclear
• Their body color has mixtures of white with any
  other colored hairs.
• They are usually born a solid color and the older
  they become the more white hairs begin to appear,
  which causes them to lighten in color.

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Gray
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Buckskin

• Common markings are
• Fore pasterns are white, with a left hind sock
• Body colors are yellowish or gold
• Mane and tail are black
• Usually black on lower legs
• Buckskins have dorsal stripes from its (withers
  to tail)

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Buckskin
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Appaloosa

• Distinctive markings
• Dark front end with white spots
• Rear is white with dark spots
• Star and stripe on face
• No special white markings on legs

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Appaloosa
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Bay

• Common markings
• Blaze face
• Socks on all feet
• Body color ranging from tan, through red to
  reddish brown
• Mane and tail are black
• Usually black on lower legs

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Bay
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Dark Chestnut

• Markings are
• A star, strip, and snip
• Stockings on all hind legs
• Body colors are dark red or brownish-red
• Mane and tail are usually dark red or
  brownish-red, but may be flaxen
• Flaxen means mixture of colored hair in tail

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Dark Chestnut
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Sorrel or Chestnut

• Distinctive markings consist of
• Star, strip, and snip
• Left fore pastern is white
• Have a right hind stocking
• Have a left hind sock

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Sorrel or Chestnut
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Red Dun

• Markings None
• Body colors are yellowish or flesh colored
• Mane tail and dorsal stripe usually are red
• Stripe usually runs down its back and across its
  shoulders

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Red Dun
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Palomino

• Markings None
• Body color is golden-yellow
• Mane and tail or white, silvery, or ivory
• Palominos do not have dorsal stripes

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Palomino
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Important Terms

• Domesticated Tamed or gentled for use by man
• Feathering A fringe of hair around the horses
  foot just above the hoof. Some breeds naturally
  have more feathering or heavier fetlock than
  others.
• Hybrid An animal produced from the crossing or
  mating of two animals of different breeds.

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Terms Continued..

• Overo Basically white in color and the spotting
  is usually roan and extends upwards from the
  belly. The darker areas are usually small or
  rather ragged patched the mane and tail are
  usually a mixture or color given a roan effect.
  Usually have blaze faces, and glass eyes are not
  uncommon.
• Tobiano Basically, a white horse in which large,
  smooth, and solid blocks of color originate on
  the back and rump and extend down. The face is
  usually marked the same as in other color
  patterns found in horses.

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External Anatomy
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Anatomy