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Colours
Bay: The coat colour can vary from reddish
to brown or yellowish with a black mane, tail
and points, i.e. limbs
Black: The coat is all black except for occasional
white marks on the head and/or the legs.
Blue Roan: A black or brown body colour with
white hair giving a blue shade.
Brindle: A coat with brown or grey streaks or
patches in a darker colour.
Brown: The colour brown is a combination of
black and brown hairs with black limbs, mane
and tail. A very dark brown may appear as almost
black.
Chestnut: The colour varies from a pale gold
to a rich red gold. The mane and tail are usually
lighter or darker than the coat colour.
Cream or Cremello: A cream coloured coat with
unpigmented skin.
Dappled: A light grey base coat with dark grey
rings.
Dun: A dark skin with a light sandy coloured
coat with a black mane and tail but can also
range from yellow to mouse colour depending
on the diffusion of the pigment. The colour
is often accompanied by dark, dorsal eel stripes
extending from the line of the neck to the tail.
There can also be stripes on the withers and
legs.
Fleabitten Grey: A grey coloured coat flecked
with brown specks.
Grey: The colour grey is a combination of black
and white hairs. The coat varies from light
to iron to very dark.
Liver Chestnut: Liver chestnut is the darkest
of the chestnut shades.
Palomino: A gold coloured coat with a white
mane and tail.
Piebald: A coat with large, irregular patches
of black and white hair.
Roan: A certain body colour infused with white
hairs, which lighten the overall effect.
Skewbald: A coat with large, irregular patches
of white and any other colour hair except black.
Sorrel: A light red chestnut coat.
Spotted: Small, circular patches of hair of
a different colour from the main body colour
scattered over various areas of the body.
Strawberry Roan: A chestnut body colour with
white hair giving a pinkish red shade
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