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'''Identifying A Horse'''
 
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===Standard Horse Colours===
 
===Standard Horse Colours===

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Overview


  • Some of the breeds noted below come in a variety of colours. Where this is the case the picture is labelled with 'Various Colours'. Where possible the size of the horse has also been indicated.

Horses

  • Akhal-Teke
    (Various Colours)
    15.1-15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • American Bashkir Curly
    (Various Colours)
    14.2-15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • American Cream Draught
    16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • American Miniature
    34" to tip of mane hair
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • American Paint
    (Various Patterns)
    16hh
    WikiCommons

  • American Saddlebred
    (Various Colours)
    15-17hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • American Quarter
    (Various Colours)
    14.3-15.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Andalusian
    (Various Colours)
    15.2-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Angloarab
    (Chesnut, Bay or Brown)
    15.3-16.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Appaloosa
    (Various Patterns)
    14.2-15.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Australian Stock
    (Various Colours)
    15-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Azteca
    (Various except Appaloosa)
    14-15hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Barb
    (Various Colours)
    14-15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Brumby
    (Various Colours)
    14-15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Budenny
    (Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
    15.2-16hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Canadian
    (Black, Chestnut, Bay or Brown)
    14-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Cleveland Bay
    15.2-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Colorado Ranger
    (Any colour, often spotted)
    14.2-16hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Criollo
    (Various colours, dorsal stripe)
    14-15hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Danish Warmblood
    (Black, chestnut, bay or brown)
    15-17hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Dutch Warmblood
    (Chestnut,bay,black,grey, white often on face and legs)
    approx 16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Finnish Draught
    Approx 15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Florida Cracker
    (Various Colours)
    Approx 14-15hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Friesian
    Approx 14.3-15.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Hanoverian (German)
    (All solid colours)
    Approx 15.3-16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Holsteiner (German)
    (Black points)
    Approx 16-17hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Gypsy Vanner
    (Piebald and Skewbald)
    Approx 14-15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Hackney Horse
    (Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
    Approx 14.3-15.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Haflinger
    (chestnut,flaxen mane and tail)
    Approx 14hh
    WikiCommons

  • Hungarian
    (All solid colours)
    16-17hh
    equestrianhomesnw.com

  • Icelandic Horse
    (Various Colours)
    12-15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Irish Draught
    (Bay,brown,chestnut,grey)
    15-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Kentucky Mountain Saddle
    (Any solid colour)
    Approx 13.1-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Kladruber
    (Grey or black)
    16.2-17.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Knabstrup
    (brown or black spots on white)
    Approx 15.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Lippizaner
    15.2-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Lusitano
    (Usually grey but any solid colour)
    15-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Mangalarga Marchado
    (Usually grey)
    Approx 15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Marwari
    (Brown,bay,chestnut)
    Up to 14.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Missouri Fox Trotting
    (Various Colours)
    14.2-16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Morab
    (Various Colours except spotted)
    14.1-15.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Morgan
    (No white above knee)
    14.1-15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Mustang
    (Various Colours)
    14-15hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Norweigan Fjord
    (Silver and black mane and tail)
    13-14.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Oldenburg (German)
    (Brown, black and bay)
    16-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Orlov
    (Grey or black)
    15.2-17hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Palamino
    (Various Shades)
    14-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Peruvian Paso
    (Bay and Chestnut most common)
    14-15.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Pinto
    14.2-15.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Russian Don
    (Chestnut or Brown)
    15.2-16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Russian Trotter
    (Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
    15.3-16hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

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    Selle Français
    (Mainly Chestnut)
    15.2-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Spanish Norman
    (Grey,Bay,Black)
    15.3-17hh
    thegoodhorse.com

  • Spotted Saddle
    (Two Colours Mixed)
    14.3-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Standardbred
    (Bay,brown,chestnut)
    Approx 15.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Swedish Warmblood
    (Bay,Chestnut,Brown,Grey)
    Approx 16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Tennessee Walking
    (Chestnut and Black)
    15-16hh
    WikiCommons

  • Tersk
    Approx 15hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Trakehner
    (Any Solid Colour)
    16-16.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Welsh Cobb
    (Any Solid Colour)
    No Upper Limit
    WikiCommons

  • Westphalian
    (Any Solid Colour)
    15.3-16.2hh
    WikiCommons

Horses (Cold-Blood)

  • Belgian Draft
    (Chestnut, Sorrel or Roan)
    15.3-17hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Boulonnais Horse
    (Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
    15-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Breton
    (Grey, Bay or Chestnut)
    14.3-16.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Clydesdale
    (Bay, Brown or Black)
    17.1-18hh
    WikiCommons

  • Comtois
    (chestnut, flaxen mane and tail)
    14-15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Percheron
    (Usually grey or black)
    15.2-17hh
    WikiCommons

  • Russian Heavy Draught
    (Chestnut, Strawberry roan or bay)
    15.2-16.3hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Shire
    (Bay,grey or black)
    16-18hh
    WikiCommons

  • Suffolk Punch
    Approx 16hh
    WikiCommons

Horses (Hot-Blood)

  • Arabian
    (Chestnut, grey, bay and black)
    14.2-15.hh
    WikiCommons

  • Shagya Arabian
    Approx 15hh
    WikiCommons

  • Thoroughbred
    (Any Solid Colour)
    15-17hh
    WikiCommons

Ponies

  • Avelignese
    13.3-14.3hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Bali
    (Mainly Dun)
    13.3-14.3hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Basuto
    (Chestnut, Brown, Bay, Grey)
    upto 14.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Camargue
    Up to 14h
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Chincoteague
    upto 12hh
    WikiCommons

  • Connemara
    (Grey, black, brown, bay) 12-13hh
    WikiCommons

  • Dales
    (Black, brown, bay)
    Up to 14.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Dartmoor
    (Various Colours)
    Up to 12.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Eriskay
    (Black,bay, grey)
    Up to 12-13.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Exmoor
    (Bay,tan)
    Up to 11.1-12.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Falabella
    (Various Colours)
    Under 9hh
    WikiCommons

  • Fell
    (Black,bay,brown,grey)
    13-14hh
    WikiCommons

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    Galiceño
    (Any solid colour)
    Up to 14hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Hackney
    (Bay,chestnut,brown or black)
    12.2-14.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Highland
    (Dun,grey,brown or black and dorsal stripe)
    13-14.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Hokkaido
    (Solid colours, usually roan)
    12.2-13hh
    WikiCommons

  • Hucul
    (black,bay,chestnut,dun)
    12.1-13.1hh
    WikiCommons

  • Kiso
    (Various Colours)
    Approx 13hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Konik
    (Dun with dorsal stripe)
    Up to 13hh
    WikiCommons

  • New Forest
    (Various Colours)
    Up to 12-14.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Newfoundland
    (Usually Brown)
    Up to 11-14.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Noma
    Approx 10.3hh
    horsehome.info

  • Pony of The Americas
    Up to 14.3hh
    WikiCommons

  • Shetland
    (Various Colours)
    Up to 10.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Taishu
    (Various Colours)
    Up to 12hh

  • Tarpan
    (Dun)
    Approx 13hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Tokara
    (Various Colours)
    Up to 12hh
    WikiCommons

  • Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A)
    (Any Solid Colours)
    Up to 12hh
    WikiCommons

  • Welsh Pony (Section B)
    (Any Solid Colours)
    Up to 13.2hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Welsh Cob Pony (Section C)
    (Any Solid Colours)
    Up to 13.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Yili
    (Bay,Chestnut,Black,Grey)
    Approx 14hh
    worldofhorses.co.uk

  • Yonaguni
    (Usually Chestnut)
    Approx 11hh
    WikiCommons

Other

  • Donkey
    (Various Colours/Type)
    62 Chromosomes
    WikiCommons

  • Przewalski
    (Usually dun)
    66 Chromosomes
    Up to 12-13.2hh
    WikiCommons

  • Zebra
    (Various Types)
    44 Chromosomes
    Up to 15hh
    WikiCommons

Horse Passport

Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004 require all owners to obtain a passport for each horse they own. This includes ponies, donkeys, and other equidae. Owners cannot sell, export, slaughter for human consumption, use for the purposes of competition or breeding, a horse which does not have a passport.^

For further information on filling out a Horse Passport, please see; http://www.horsepassportagency.co.uk

Identifying A Horse
Principle Colours (Section A - Colours Commonly Occurring in Thoroughbreds):

  • Bay: Reasonably clearly defined colour between black lower part of legs and the general tan/brown colour of upper legs and body. Mane and tail are black.
  • Brown :

Standard Horse Colours

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Standard Horse Passport Markings

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References

^ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/horses/topics/passports.htm

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