Coat Color, Patterens & Markings

Below is a list and a description of the coat colors, patterens and markings that are excepted by the AAHIA.

MARKINGS

FACIAL MARKINGS

STAR Any marking on the forehead.	SNIP Any marking, usually vertical between the two nostrils.
STRIP A narrow marking extending vertically in the area between the forehead and the nostrils.	STAR AND STRIP A marking on the forehead with a strip to the nasal peak. The trip does not have to be an extension of the star.
BALD FACE A very broad blaze. it can extend out and around the eyes and it can extend down to the upper lip and around the nostrils.	DISCONNECTED STAR, STRIP AND SNIP A marking on the forehead with a narrow extension of the nasal peak and opening up again between the nostrils. These may be connected.
BLAZE A broader vertical marking extending the length of the face, of a relatively uniform width.	STAR, STRIP AND SNIP A marking on the forehead with a narrow extension of the nasal peak and opening up again between the nostrils. These may be connected.

LEG MARKINGS

CORONET A narrow narking around the coronet above the the hoof.	HALF PASTERN A marking which includes only half the pasttern above the coronet.
PASTERN A marking which includes the entire pastern.	SOCK A marking which extends from the corrent halfway up the cannon bone, or halfway to the knee on the foreleg or halfway to the hock on the back leg.
STOCKINGS A full marking to the area of the knee on the foreleg and to the area of the hock on the hind leg. It is an extended sock.

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