Know your Colours & Markings!
How do you know what colour your horse is? Your instructor says that your horse is grey...but it looks white to you! That horse over there isn't a polka-dot horse...it's an appaloosa! That pony you always see in the field might be brown, but is it chestnut? Bay? Liver Chestnut?
It's time to find out! Learn your colours and markings!
It's time to find out! Learn your colours and markings!
Did you know that this picture only shows a few of the colours you might've seen?!
You should know these 6 basic colours from this chart:
1. Black
2. Bay
3. Chestnut
4. Gray
5.Palomino
6. Dun
You should know these 6 basic colours from this chart:
1. Black
2. Bay
3. Chestnut
4. Gray
5.Palomino
6. Dun
Click on the button below to play a game about colours of horses!
Here are a few of the basic leg markings you might see on a horse. Horse`s can have mixtures of markings too. One horse might have a sock, a stocking and a pastern marking.
You should know these 2 leg markings:
1. Sock
2. Stocking
You should know these 2 leg markings:
1. Sock
2. Stocking
You might already know some of these markings. Does your horse or pony have any of these facial markings?
You should know these 5 basic facial markings:
1. Snip
2. Stripe
3. Star
4. Blaze
5. No Markings
You should know these 5 basic facial markings:
1. Snip
2. Stripe
3. Star
4. Blaze
5. No Markings
Click on the button below to test your knowledge of horse's leg and facial markings!