Pony Colours

Bay

Little Jester here is bay. He has a brown coat and a black mane and tail.

Dark Bay

Gilbert and Jack are both dark bay. Their bodies are very dark brown, sometimes they look almost black. Their manes and tails are black.

Bright Bay

Peter is bright bay. He has a light brown, almost reddish coat and black mane and tail.

Chestnut

Bow is a chestnut pony. He is a gingery colour with a matching mane and tail.

Chestnut with flaxen mane and tail

Zara is chestnut like Bow but her mane and tail are pale and look almost blonde. This is called flaxen.

Liver Chestnut

Freddie and Buzz are both liver chestnut. They are darker than chestnut, a browny colour with the same colour mane and tail.

Cremello

This is a cremello pony. He has a cream coloured coat and points (mane and tail) and pink skin and eyes. Cremello ponies often need sun-cream on their noses during the summer to stop them burning.

Black

This horse is black. A black horse or pony has to be totally black all over with no leg or face markings.

Grey

Harriet is grey. This means her coat and mane and tail all look white. We don’t call horses white we use the word grey instead.

Flea-bitten Grey

Harvey and this pony both have flea-bitten grey coats. This means when you look closely you will see they have little brown flecks in their coats.

Dapple Grey

Lexi is dapple grey. This means most of her coat is dark or light grey mixed with spots and patches of white hair

Iron Grey

This pony is dark grey all over. This is called iron grey.

Blue Roan

Blue roan ponies have a greyish coat mixed with white which makes them look slightly blue!

Bay Roan

A bay roan pony has a brown and white flecked coat and a dark grey or black mane and tail.

Strawberry Roan

Strawberry roan ponies have a chestnut and white flecked coat and either flaxen or chestnut points.

Palomino

This horse has a yellow coat and a pale flaxen or white mane and tail.

Dun

Harry is a dun pony. He has a yellow coat and black points.

Piebald

A piebald pony has a black and white patchy coat and points.

Skewbald

Thomas and Tao are both skewbald. They have light or dark brown and white patchy coat and points.

Tribald

Milly and this pony are both tribald or tri-coloured. This means they have 3 colours in their coats - white, brown and black. Look closely at their manes...

Appaloosa

These are appaloosas. They have spotty coats. Sometimes the spots cover the whole body, like the horse on the left - this is called ‘Blanket Spots’. Sometimes there is just a patch of spots and sometimes there are only 3 or four 4 spots on the whole horse!