When making application for the registration or recording
of a Quarter Horse, it is of utmost importance that the
animal be described correctly. |
The points on a Quarter Horse are important, especially
when making application for registration. |
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Star |
A star is any marking on the forehead. |
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Strip |
A strip is a narrow marking extending vertically in the area
between the forehead and the nostrils. |
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Snip |
A snip is any white marking between the two nostrils. |
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Star and Strip |
A marking on the forehead with a strip to the nasal peak.
The strip does not have to be an extension of the star. |
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Star, Strip and Snip |
A marking on the forehead with a narrow extension to the
nasal peak and opening up again between the nostrils.
These may be connected. |
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Blaze |
A blaze is a vertical marking of medium, uniform width
extending the length of the face. |
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Bald Face |
A bald face is 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. |
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Coronet |
A coronet is any narrow marking around the coronet above
the hoof. |
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Half Pastern |
A marking which includes only half the pastern above the
coronet. |
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Full Pastern |
A marking which includes the entire pastern. |
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Half Cannon |
A half cannon is a marking which extends around the leg
from the coronet halfway up the cannon bone, or halfway
to the knee on the foreleg or halfway to the hock on the
back leg. |
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Full Cannon |
A full cannon is 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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Roan Patches, Patches or Scattered White Hair |
Areas with white hair scattered through the basic body
colour and which do not have underlying light coloured
skin. |
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Patches of Darker Coloured Hair |
Concentrated areas in which the hair has a darker
pigmentation than the surrounding hair of its basic body
colour. |
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Dark Spots |
Patches of dark hair (or basic body colour) within white
markings. |
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