Gypsy Horse Registry of America, Inc. Color & Pattern Guide

Distinguishable Markings Guide

Star Star Star, Strip Blaze Bald Apron & Strip Snip & Snip

Front Front Front Front Rear Rear Rear Rear Coronet Fetlock Sock Stocking Coronet Fetlock Sock Stocking

Color Chart Light yellow to reddish brown body to dark grey with dorsal Bay Chestnut body color with black mane, tail & points Dun stripe, may have primitive markings on head, withers and legs.

Black Black hairs, no brown, red or tan hairs visible. Grey Born any dark color, gradually turning white with age Smokey to mouse grey (not a roan) with darker head with black A very dark brown, almost black coat with lighter brown Brown Grullo mane, tail & points, may have dorsal stripe & primitive markings highlights on muzzle, flanks & inside legs. on head, withers and legs. Buckskin Light tan to golden body with black mane, tail & points Palomino Clear yellow to rich golden coat with white mane and tail Silver Dark steel grey, chocolate to light sepia brown, light to heavy Chestnut Red with red or flaxen mane & tail Dapple dappling with flaxen to white mane, tail & points

Color Pattern Guide TOBIANO (toe-bee-ah-no): SABINO (sah-bee-no): SOLID The most common type of white spotting seen This is a common pattern also known as Body is a solid color, black, chestnut, bay, buckskin, on horses. The white areas usually have a flecked roan, roan or Blagdon in Europe. silver dapple, palomino, etc. May have white on face distinct, sharp edge to them. The back is Blue eyes are common, head and legs (star, blaze, snip or strip, etc.) and /or lower legs usually crossed at some point by white. All usually exhibit extensive white with flecked (coronet, fetlock, sock or stocking). Dappling may be four lower legs are usually white, the head is or roan edges. Body white may spread up present. usually colored with markings common on from belly or flank with flecked or roan unspotted horses and the eyes, as a rule, are edges. not blue. A tobiano can range from very little A sabino may be minimally marked to white to a horse that is largely white (usually almost white with colored ears. the head is colored and the body is white with very little colored areas).

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