Razas de Caballo - WikiEstándares

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Introducción

Due to the extensive number of horse breeds worldwide, the sample below includes those found in the UK and/or Europe. A Breed Society exists for most of the breeds listed below. A list of many of these societies can be found at http://www.worldofhorses.co.uk/Breeds/Breed_Society_List.htm

Some of the breeds noted below come in a variety of colours. Where this is the case the picture is labelled with 'Various Colours'. Where possible the size of the horse has also been indicated.

Caballos

Akhal-Teke
(Various Colours)
15.1-15.2hh
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American Bashkir Curly
(Various Colours)
14.2-15.2hh
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American Cream Draught
16.2hh
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American Miniature
34" to tip of mane hair
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American Paint
(Various Patterns)
16hh
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American Saddlebred
(Various Colours)
15-17hh
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American Quarter
(Various Colours)
14.3-15.3hh
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Andalusian
(Various Colours)
15.2-16hh
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Angloarab
(Chesnut, Bay or Brown)
15.3-16.3hh
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Appaloosa
(Various Patterns)
14.2-15.2hh
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Australian Stock
(Various Colours)
15-16hh
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Azteca
(Various except Appaloosa)
14-15hh
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Barb
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Brumby
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Budenny
(Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
15.2-16hh
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Canadian
(Black, Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
14-16hh
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Cleveland Bay
15.2-16hh
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Colorado Ranger
(Any colour, often spotted)
14.2-16hh
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Criollo
(Various colours, dorsal stripe)
14-15hh
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Danish Warmblood
(Black, chestnut, bay or brown)
15-17hh
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Dutch Warmblood
(Chestnut,bay,black,grey, white often on face and legs)
approx 16.2hh
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Finnish Draught
Approx 15.2hh
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Florida Cracker
(Various Colours)
Approx 14-15hh
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Friesian
Approx 14.3-15.3hh
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Hanoverian (German)
(All solid colours)
Approx 15.3-16.2hh
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Holsteiner (German)
(Black points)
Approx 16-17hh
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Gypsy Vanner
(Piebald and Skewbald)
Approx 14-15.2hh
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Hackney Horse
(Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
Approx 14.3-15.3hh
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Haflinger
(chestnut,flaxen mane and tail)
Approx 14hh
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Hungarian
(All solid colours)
16-17hh
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Icelandic Horse
(Various Colours)
12-15hh
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Irish Draught
(Bay,brown,chestnut,grey)
15-17hh
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Kentucky Mountain Saddle
(Any solid colour)
Approx 13.1-16hh
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Kladruber
(Grey or black)
16.2-17.2hh
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Knabstrup
(brown or black spots on white)
Approx 15.2hh
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Lippizaner
15.2-16hh
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Lusitano
(Usually grey but any solid colour)
15-16hh
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Mangalarga Marchado
(Usually grey)
Approx 15hh
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Marwari
(Brown,bay,chestnut)
Up to 14.3hh
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Missouri Fox Trotting
(Various Colours)
14.2-16.2hh
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Morab
(Various Colours except spotted)
14.1-15.2hh
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Morgan
(No white above knee)
14.1-15.2hh
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Mustang
(Various Colours)
14-15hh
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Norweigan Fjord
(Silver and black mane and tail)
13-14.2hh
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Oldenburg (German)
(Brown, black and bay)
16-17hh
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Orlov
(Grey or black)
15.2-17hh
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Palamino
(Various Shades)
14-17hh
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Peruvian Paso
(Bay and Chestnut most common)
14-15.2hh
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Pinto
14.2-15.2hh
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Russian Don
(Chestnut or Brown)
15.2-16.2hh
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Russian Trotter
(Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
15.3-16hh
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Selle Français
(Mainly Chestnut)
15.2-17hh
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Spanish Norman
(Grey,Bay,Black)
15.3-17hh
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Spotted Saddle
(Two Colours Mixed)
14.3-16hh
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Standardbred
(Bay,brown,chestnut)
Approx 15.3hh
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Swedish Warmblood
(Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
Approx 16.2hh
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Tennessee Walking
(Chestnut and Black)
15-16hh
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Tersk
Approx 15hh
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Trakehner
(Any Solid Colour)
16-16.2hh
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Welsh Cobb
(Any Solid Colour)
No Upper Limit
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Westphalian
(Any Solid Colour)
15.3-16.2hh
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Caballos (Cold-Blood)

Belgian Draft
(Chestnut, Sorrel or Roan)
15.3-17hh
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Boulonnais Horse
(Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
15-17hh
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Breton
(Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
14.3-16.3hh
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Clydesdale
(Bay, Brown or Black)
17.1-18hh
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Comtois
(chestnut, flaxen mane and tail)
14-15hh
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Percheron
(Usually grey or black)
15.2-17hh
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Russian Heavy Draught
(Chestnut, Strawberry roan or bay)
15.2-16.3hh
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Shire
(Bay,grey or black)
16-18hh
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Suffolk Punch
Approx 16hh
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Caballos (Hot-Blood)

Arabian
(Chestnut, grey, bay and black)
14.2-15.hh
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Shagya Arabian
Approx 15hh
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Thoroughbred
(Any Solid Colour)
15-17hh
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Ponis

Avelignese
13.3-14.3hh
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Bali
(Mainly Dun)
13.3-14.3hh
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Basuto
(Chestnut, Brown, Bay, Grey)
upto 14.2hh
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Camargue
Up to 14h
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Chincoteague
upto 12hh
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Connemara
(Grey, black, brown, bay) 12-13hh
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Dales
(Black, brown, bay)
Up to 14.2hh
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Dartmoor
(Various Colours)
Up to 12.2hh
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Eriskay
(Black,bay, grey)
Up to 12-13.2hh
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Exmoor
(Bay,tan)
Up to 11.1-12.3hh
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Falabella
(Various Colours)
Under 9hh
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Fell
(Black,bay,brown,grey)
13-14hh
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Galiceño
(Any solid colour)
Up to 14hh
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Hackney
(Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
12.2-14.2hh
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Highland
(Dun,grey,brown or black and dorsal stripe)
13-14.2hh
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Hokkaido
(Solid colours, usually roan)
12.2-13hh
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Hucul
(black,bay,chestnut,dun)
12.1-13.1hh
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Kiso
(Various Colours)
Approx 13hh
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Konik
(Dun with dorsal stripe)
Up to 13hh
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New Forest
(Various Colours)
Up to 12-14.2hh
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Newfoundland
(Usually Brown)
Up to 11-14.2hh
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Noma
Approx 10.3hh
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Pony of The Americas
Up to 14.3hh
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Shetland
(Various Colours)
Up to 10.2hh
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Taishu
(Various Colours)
Up to 12hh
Tarpan
(Dun)
Approx 13hh
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Tokara
(Various Colours)
Up to 12hh
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Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 12hh
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Welsh Pony (Section B)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 13.2hh
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Welsh Cob Pony (Section C)
(Any Solid Colours)
Up to 13.2hh
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Yili
(Bay,Chestnut,Black,Grey)
Approx 14hh
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Yonaguni
(Usually Chestnut)
Approx 11hh
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Otros

Donkey
(Various Colours/Type)
62 Chromosomes
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Przewalski
(Usually dun)
66 Chromosomes
Up to 12-13.2hh
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Zebra
(Various Types)
44 Chromosomes
Up to 15hh
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Pasaportes de Caballos

Horse Passports (England) Regulations (2004) require all owners to obtain a passport for each animal they own. This includes ponies, donkeys, and other equidae. Owners cannot sell, export, slaughter for human consumption, use for the purposes of competition or breeding, a horse which does not have a passport.

For further information on filling out a Horse Passport, please see; http://www.horsepassportagency.co.uk

Colores de Caballos Estándares

Principle Colours (Section A - Colours Commonly Occurring in Thoroughbreds):

Bay : Reasonably clearly defined colour between black lower part of legs and the general tan/brown colour of upper legs and body. Mane and tail are black.
Brown : Whole coat is brown and no distinguishing colour line between upper and lower leg.
Black : Whole coat including legs, body, stifle fold and muzzle must be black. Any indication of tan in coat, stifle fold or muzzle should classify horse as brown.
Chestnut : Coat is reddish or yellowish brown. Mane and tail are chestnut and may be lighter and darker than the body colour.
Grey : Coat mixture of black and white hairs with black skin. With age coat will turn lighter but still termed grey. Majority of grey horses not grey as foals and should be described by predominant colour at the time but any white hairs should be noted in narrative.
Roan : Body colour mixture of white, brown or chestnut and intensity variable seasonally. Although acceptable, Roan is rare in Thoroughbreds as most are actually in transition to grey. Roan examples are within the 'Other Colours' section.

Bay
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Black
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Chestnut
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Grey
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Otros Colores (Section B - Acceptable Colours not commonly occuring in Thoroughbreds):

Blue Roan : Body colour black or black-brown with any mixture of white hairs giving blue tinge. Black hairs usually predominate on head and from knee or hock down. Some white limb markings also may occur.
Red Roan : Body colour is bay or bay-brown with any mixture of white hairs giving reddish tinge to coat. Bay hairs usually predominate head. From knees or hock below black usually predominates although white markings may occur.
Strawberry or Chestnut Roan : Body colour is chestnut with any mixture of white hairs. Chestnut usually predominates head and below knees or hock. White markings may be encountered.
Blue Dun : Body colour between slate grey to light stone and always evenly distributed. Mane and tail are black. May or may not be dorsal stripe along back and/or withers. Skin is black.
Yellow Dun : Diffuse yellow pigment in hair. May or may not be dorsal stripe along back and/or withers and bars on legs. Striping usually associated with black pigment on head and limbs. Black skin.
Cream : Body colour is cream with unpigmented skin. Iris is deficient in pigment giving eye pinkish or bluish appearance.
Piebald : Body colour has large irregular patches of black and white. Demarcation of colours well defined.
Skewbald : Body colour has large irregular patches of white and any definite colour except black. Demarcation of colours well defined.
Odd Coloured : Body consists of large irregular patches of more than two colours which may merge into each other at edges.
Palamino : Body is newly-minted gold-coin colour. Lighter/darker patches permissable. White mane and tail.
Appaloosa : Basic body colour is usually roan with varyinng mosaic of spots. May be dark spots on white, white spots on dark ground. Covers part of all of body.

Blue Roan
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Red Roan
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Strawberry Roan
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Blue Dun
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Yellow Dun
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Cream
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Piebald
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Skewbald
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Palomino
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Appaloosa
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Standard Horse Passport Markings

White Markings

Any white marking must be outlined in red, lightly hatched in with diagonal lines.

Horse Face Markings
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Star: Any mark on the forehead. Described by shape, size and position in relation to eyes and midline.
Stripe : Narrow white marking down bridge of nose. Star and stripe can be joined. If gap in stripe, then described as interrupted stripe. Where stripe is seperate from star, or no star is present, its point of origin should be indicated. Should also describe thickness, position on face and termination point of stripe.
Blaze : White marking covering almost whole of the forehead between eyes and extending beyond width of the bridge of the bridge of nose onto face and usually muzzle. Any variations and termination should be noted.
White Face : White covers forehead and front of face extending towards the mouth.
Snip : Isolated marking/s situated between or in the region of the nostrils. Size, position and intensity should be specified along with any associated skin markings.
Lip Markings : Should be described as whole or portion of either lip.
White Muzzle : White embraces both lips and extends to region of nostrils.

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Blaze
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White Face
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Snip
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Other White
Potential Other Markings
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Whorls

Formed by changes in direction of flow of hair.

Simple : Focal point from which hairs diverge. Show as 'X'.
Linear : Two opposing sweeps of hair meet from opposite directions along a line. Show as a line.
Feathered : Two sweeps of hair diverge along a line but the direction of flow of each sweep is at an angle to the other to form a feathered pattern. Show as 'X---' with line indicating the direction of feathering.
Head Whorls : Position of head should be clearly specified with reference to midline, eye level, white markings and to each other.
Neck Whorls : Neck is divided into three parts - upper, mid and lower. Should be described by their proximity to crest, neck, jugular groove and windpipe.

(All whorls should be sketched and described in narrative. Only exceptions are pectoral, stifle fold and forelock whorls which are almost universal and need not be recorded unless they are double, unusually situated, or abscent.

Simple/Head Whorl
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Other Characteristics

Acquired Marks : Permanent and usually seen as white hairs such as saddle, bridle, collar, girth, branding, surgery and tatoo marks. Should be described in narrative and with an arrow on the diagram.
Microchip Site : Usually found in middle third of left crest. Any site differing from this should be indicated and described in narrative.
Wall Eye : Term used exclusively where there is a lack of pigment in the iris, either partial or complete. Gives a pinkish-white or bluish-white appearance to eye.
Prophet's Thumb Mark : Muscular depression usually in neck, but also shoulders and hindquarters. Indicated by triangle and described in narrative.
Mane and Tail : Differently coloured hairs in mane and tail should be indicated.
Dorsal Stripe : Band of black hairs extending backwards from withers.
Chestnuts : Common shapes are round, oval, pear-shaped, irregular pointed and notched. Shape of chestnuts may be useful in the absence of other identifying features. Not required to be recorded in animals with a microchip transponder.