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Paint Horse
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Paint Horse Description |
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The American
Paint Horse is an essential part of America's history.
They are rugged, versatile animals. They are ideal animals
for showing, ranching, racing, trail riding and pleasure
riding. The American Paint horse is very intelligent,
as well as being friendly, and are very powerful and
athletic. It is heavily muscled and stockier than other
light horse breeds and usually short-coupled with strong
bones. They do display a great deal of refinement, especially
in the head and neck area. The most striking physical
characteristic of the Paint Horse is its coat. There
are two specific varieties: the tobiano and the overo.
The tabiano pattern has markings like those of solid-colored
animals, such as balze, strip, star, snip or completely
solid. All four of a tobiano Paint's legs are white
and their spots are oval or round and extend down the
neck and chest. A tobiano will usually have dark color
on one or both flanks and may be mostly dark or mostly
white. The tobiano's tail is often bicolor. The Overo
can also be mostly dark or mostly light. However, the
overo's white areas usually do not cross the back between
the withers and tail. At least one or more of the legs
will be dark. Overos usually have white head markings,
including the common "bald face." Their markings
are usually irregular and scattered and the tail is
all one color. Some may be both color types which is
called "tovero." |
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