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COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION FORM
There are a couple of places you could easily get stuck, when filling out the application for registration form. We hope this section will help you through but if not, please don't hesitate to contact us for assistance.
Coat colours
Chestnut – The points and body of the horse range from reddish-gold to deep liver brown.
Bay – The points of the horse are black (mane, tail and legs, except where white leg markings occur that obscure this), while the body is some shade of red, ranging from bright red to deep red-brown.
Brown (Black Bay) – This description is reserved for horses that are a very dark brown, almost black. The points are black, but the body is somewhat lighter and shows reddish tan areas on the sides of the muzzle, in the girth region and along the underbelly, and on the rear surface of the upper hind legs.
Black – The body ranges from blue-black to brown-black, with no significant variation in shade from one area to the other. Key areas that should be black are the muzzle area, barrel behind the elbow, flank and low on the back of the quarter near the vertical line of the tail.
Palomino – This is chestnut modified by a single copy of cream dilution. The coat is diluted to a creamy or golden yellow colour, while the mane and tail are white or milky. No backstripe or other dun markings are present. The skin of the eye and muzzle are dark. Eye colour is generally some shade of brown, but may be lighter than normal (amber).
Buckskin – This is bay modified by a single copy of cream dilution. The points are black but the red body is diluted to a golden yellow or cream colour. No dun indicators are present. The skin of the eye and muzzle is dark. Eye colour is generally some shade of brown, but may be lighter than normal (amber).
Cremello - This is chestnut modified by 2 copies of cream dilution. The body colour is cream and the mane and tail are white or milky. The skin is pink and the eyes are blue.
Perlino - This is bay modified by 2 copies of cream dilution. The body colour is diluted to an ivory or cream colour while the points, mane and tail are darker than the body. The skin is pink and the eyes are blue.
Red Dun – This is a horse that is chestnut and has inherited at least one copy of dun dilution. The body is a light, peach or pinkish red. The points and primitive markings are red or red-brown.
Bay Dun (Dun) – This is a bay horse that has inherited at least one copy of dun dilution. It has dark brown or near-black points and a golden-red body colour that ranges from a bright yellow-gold to a deep red-gold. The primitive markings are dark reddish brown or brownish black.
Grulla – This is a black horse that has inherited at least one dominant copy of dun dilution. The points and primitive markings are black or near-black. The body is diluted to a slate, pewter, mouse or taupe colour. The colour is not due to a mixture of white hairs appearing through the coat – each individual hair is diluted to the body colour observed.
Coat pattern
| Solid white blanket - A solid white area over the hips, which may extent up to the loin and back. |
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| White blanket with spots - A solid white area over the hips, which may extent up to the loin and back, with spots located within the white. |
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| White/fewspot leopard - The horse is white, with no (or very few) spots anywhere on the body. |
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Leopard spots - The horse is white, with spots over the entire body.
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| Snowflakes - White spots appearing over the body. |
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Varnish roan - This horse has a mixture of white and dark hairs, sometimes displaying a lighter area on the forehead, over the back, loin and hips with darker areas on the frontal bones of the face, legs, stifle, above the eye, point of hip and behind the elbow.
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Varnish roan with spots - As above, with defined spots on the body.
None - No coat pattern.
Leg markings
Heel - A white marking across the entire heel or just on one side.
Coronet - The first 2.5 centimetres above the hoof, extending all the way around the foot and including the heel.
Pastern - Extends from the top of the hoof to the bottom of the fetlock joint.
Fetlock - Extends from the top of the hoof to the top of the fetlock joint.
Half-stocking - Extends from the top of the hoof to the midway point of the cannon bone.
Stocking - Covers the leg extending from the top of the hoof to any point above the knee or hock.
Face markings
Star - On the forehead, in the area above the eyes. If there are two white marks on the forehead, the most distinct is referred to as a star, while the other is simply a white mark, referenced in location to the star.
Stripe - A vertical marking below eye level and above the nostrils.
Snip - Below the nostrils, down to and including the lower lip.
Blaze - A combination of all the above, beginning above the eyes and ending below the nostrils.
Bald face - A large blaze extending outside the eyes, covering the width of the bridge of the nose and over the entire muzzle.
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