Horse Markings & Identification

1. EQUINE MEDICINE
Horse Markings and Identification

2. Purpose
 Health and Disease
Control
 Theft Prevention
 Slaughter
 Breeding
 Recovery
 Fraud Prevention

3. Methods
 Coat Color
 Body Markings
 Tattoos
 Freeze Branding
 Blood Typing
 Microchip Placement
 DNA Testing
 Iris Scanning

4. Parts of the Horse

5. Coat Color
 Bay
 Tan or red body
 Black mane and tail

6. Coat Color
 Brown
 Brown or black body
 Light points
 Black mane and tail
 Black legs

7. Coat Color
 Black
 Black body
 Black mane and tail

8. Coat Color
 Blue Roan
 White and black body
 Dark head, lower legs
 Red Roan
 White and red body
 Dark head, lower legs

9. Coat Color
 Dun
 Yellow or gold body
 Dorsal stripe
 Mane and tail varies
 Zebra stripe on legs
 Stripe on withers
 Red Dun
 Red mane and
tail, dorsal stripe

10. Coat Color
 Palomino
 Gold body
 White mane and tail
 No dorsal stripe

11. Coat Color
 Paint-Tobiano
 Head-solid horse
 White markings possible
 Legs
 White markings
 White over back

12. Coat Color
 Paint-Overo
 White Face
 Dark legs
 No white over back

13. Coat Color
 Appaloosa
 Mottled hair and skin
 Dalmatian
 Blanket

14. Coat Color
 Albino
 White hair/pink skin
 Pink eyes

15. Coat Color
 Grey
 Mixture of white and
colored hair
 Born dark
 Lighten with age
 Dapple
 Flea bitten

16. Coat Color
 Chestnut
 Dark red (brown) body
 Mane and tail same or lighter

17. Coat Color
 White
 Born white
 Pink skin
 Colored eyes

18. Coat Color
 Buckskin
 Yellow or gold body
 Black lower legs
 Black mane and tail
 No stripe
 Grullo
 Smoke body
 Black mane and tail
 Black lower legs
 Dorsal stripe

19. Head Markings

20. Head Markings
Star

21. Head Markings
Strip/Stripe

22. Head Markings
Snip

23. Head Markings
Blaze

24. Head Markings
Bald

25. Leg Markings

26. Leg Markings
Coronet

27. Leg Markings
Pastern

28. Leg Markings
Half-Stocking
Ankle

29. Leg Markings
Stocking
Stocking plus

30. Leg Markings
White spots
Distal spots

31. Other Body Markings
Chestnut Dimples
Cowlick Scars

32. Other Identification
Methods
Tattoo

33. Other Identification
Methods
Freeze Brand
Fire Brand

34. Other Identification
Methods
 Blood Typing
 Jockey Club
 AQHA
 Arab Horse Registry

35. Other Identification
Methods
Microchip Implants

36. Other Identification
Methods
 DNA Testing
 Individual Identification
 Parentage Verification
 No Breeding Value

37. Other Identification
Methods
 More accurate than a fingerprint
 Digital photo of iris
 Secure online protection
 Health records
 Pedigree, etc.
 Easy and non-invasive
Iris Scan: