Horse Course # 50 - The American Paint Horse Assignment (All ages): Week number 16...Define the following 10 vocabulary words. Be able to list the 3 coat patterns of the American Paint Horse breed. Be able to explain the difference between pinto and paint. 1. Chrome...a term used to describe flashy white on a horse. 2. Color.......In the paint world...a term meaning that the horse has a spotting pattern. (The opposite of solid) 3. Loud.......a term meaning the horse has lots of “color” 4. Solid.......a horse with no spot pattern 5. Breeding Stock...A horse that would be eligible for registration as a Paint except that it is born a solid color and doesn’t have any white spot markings. They can be registered as paint breeding stock so if they give birth to a spotted foal, the foal can be registered 6. Paint...a spotted horse whose parents are registered as American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse or Thoroughbred. 7. Pinto...a spotted horse of any breed (except the leopard spot) 8. Leopard spotting (leopard complex) ...A coat pattern where there is white patterning with spots that tend to be symmetrical (round) (The appaloosa horse) Three examples of Leopard Spot 9. Cropout...A spotted foal that is born to two solid-colored parents... usually within a breed that doesn’t allow spotted coloration. Example...Two registered Quarter horses produce a spotted foal....that would be a cropout foal. 10. Lethal White...Lethal White Overo Syndrome happens when a foal is homozygous (OO) for the frame overo gene. (In other words, both parent horses are carrying the lethal white gene and the foal inherits the gene from both parents.) The foal will be born solid white or nearly solid white. In the beginning, the foals seem normal, but after a short period of time show signs of colic. Because of this genetic disorder, the intestinal system doesn’t develop properly and the first meals can’t be digested properly. The foals die shortly after birth. (It is always fatal.) The three coat patterns of the American Paint Horse 1. Overo oh vair’ oh 2. Tobiano toe bee ah no 3. Tovero toe vair’ oh Overo Tobiano Tovero Is it a Paint or is it a Pinto? The terms “paint” and “pinto” are sometimes both used to describe spotted horses. Today there is a clear difference between the two terms. A paint differs from a pinto because of bloodlines. A pinto horse must have spots but it can be any breed or combination of breeds. For example, if you had an Arabian horse that had spots, it could be registered as a pinto. Paint is a breed of horses that have spotted markings. To be registered as a Paint, a horse must have registered American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse or Thoroughbred parents and must have a minimum color requirement. Because a paint has spots, they can be registered as a pinto. (Paint horses are often double registered..owners will register them in both the paint registry and the pinto registry) Spots can be of any shape or size ( except leopard patterning like the Appaloosa) and can be located anywhere on the horse’s body. If you see a horse with a non-leopard spot pattern it is always correct to call it a pinto. It is not correct to call a spotted horse a paint unless you know that it is of paint bloodlines. When you are ready…quiz yourself! Lesson #50 The American Paint Horse – Self Test ______ A spotted horse of any breed A. Chrome ______ A term meaning the horse has a spotting pattern B. Cropout C. Solid ______ A term used to describe flashy white on a horse D. Pinto E. Color ______ Spots that tend to be symmetrical or round F. Leopard spotting G. Loud ______ A spotted foal born to two solid-colored horses ______ A term meaning a horse has lots of color ______A horse with no spotting pattern Name the three coat patterns of the American Paint Horse _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ It is always correct to call a spotted horse a pinto. True False It is always correct to call a spotted horse a paint. True False .