A Guide to Horse Markings

Horses come in all shapes and sizes - and color variations, which include different markings! Michele, our Humane Educator, tells us about the different coat markings you can find on horses at our sanctuary.
Markings featured:
Stripe 00:34
Blaze 1:00
Snip 1:24
Star 1:43
Bald Face 2:04
Full Stockings 2:25
Half Stockings 2:47
Socks 3:01
Pastern 3:33
Coronet 3:45
Dorsal Stripe/Primitive Markings 4:03

[@GailMcGuire-wi5kk]

My favorite color is a buckskin

[@d.deslandes7171]

Thanks much for presenting this and other education videos on horse basics. 👍.

[@ariellewilson730]

For those are complete newbies, pasterns and corenet bands are also part of a horse or any equine. It's not just a marking.

[@mollyshort2390]

Thank You 😊

[@jonathanhall1825]

My one friend when i was a kind had a white horse we got a plastic unicorn horn and stuck it on the horse the horse did not mind it at all and my friends little sister absolutely loved it

[@garyallen6959]

Very impressive and informative

[@jennifernelson4678]

So my horse is a bay appaloosa

[@mingram008]

And then you get into roans, and chestnuts and sorrels. Man I’m always guessing!

[@ariellewilson730]

Sorrel is a variation of a chestnut. Though I don't know why Western disciplines call chestnut horses sorrels. Honestly, chestnut horses should be just called chestnut in both Western and English disciplines, along with the variations of that color. It'll save both confusions from both Western and English riders.

[@sharonconroy4057]

The secon horse had 2 goose's

[@anitahodge5507]

Ｐ𝐫Ｏ𝕞Ｏ𝓢ｍ 😳