HOW TO DESCRIBE A HORSE

In describing a horse the colour is usually put first, then the sex and age, then the height, and finally any markings which describe it distinctively. For example, thus:

Bay mare, 7 years, 15.2, star, snip, off fore dark points;

or:

Chest, geld., aged, 16.1, star, blaze, stocking off hind, sock near fore.

COLOUR: The following is a table of colours with their subdivisions:

Bay

bright brown

Black

black

Brown

Mahogany

Chestnut

bright	yellow
dark	bronze
liver	the colour of a piece of liver

Cream

a light dun

Dun

Kahki

Grey

dapppled	wavy spots
flea-bitten	a lot of small spots
iron	like flint

Piebald

black and white in patches

Roan

Strawberry	a mixed colour
blue	a mixed colour
red	a mixed colour

Skewbald

Chestnut (or other colour) and white in patches

White

rather rare

Notes: (i) As horses are constantly changing their coats, and as there is sometimes a doubt as to whether the correct description is bay or brown, the colour of the muzzle is the deciding factor.