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'''Other Colours''' ''(Section B - Acceptable Colours not commonly occuring in Thoroughbreds):''
'''Other Colours''' ''(Section B - Acceptable Colours not commonly occuring in Thoroughbreds):''
*Blue Roan : Body colour black or black-brown with any mixture of white hairs giving blue tinge. Black hairs usually predominate on head and from knee or hock down. Some white limb markings also may occur. <br>
*Blue Roan : Body colour black or black-brown with any mixture of white hairs giving blue tinge. Black hairs usually predominate on head and from knee or hock down. Some white limb markings also may occur. <br>
*Red Roan :
*Red Roan : Body colour is bay or bay-brown with any mixture of white hairs giving reddish tinge to coat. Bay hairs usually predominate head. From knees or hock below black usually predominates although white markings may occur. <br>
* Strawberry or Chestnut Roan : Body colour is chestnut with any mixture of white hairs. Chestnut usually predominates head and below knees or hock. White markings may be encountered.<br>
* Blue Dun : Body colour between slate grey to light stone and always evenly distributed. Mane and tail are black. May or may not be dorsal stripe along back and/or withers. Skin is black.
* Yellow Dun : Diffuse yellow pigment in hair. May or may not be dorsal stripe along back and/or withers and bars on legs. Striping usually associated with black pigment on head and limbs. Black skin. <br>
* Cream : Body colour is cream with unpigmented skin. Iris is deficient in pigment giving eye pinkish or bluish appearance. <br>
* Piebald : Body colour has large irregular patches of black and white. Demarcation of colours well defined. <br>
* Skewbald : Body colour has large irregular patches of white and any definite colour except black. Demarcation of colours well defined. <br>
* Odd Coloured : Body consists of large irregular patches of more than two colours which may merge into each other at edges. <br>
* Palamino : Body is newly-minted gold-coin colour. Lighter/darker patches permissable. White mane and tail. <br>
*Appaloosa : Basic body colour is usually roan with varyinng mosaic of spots. May be dark spots on white, white spots on dark ground. Covers part of all of body. <br>
===Standard Horse Colours===
===Standard Horse Colours===