Registry Services - Registration
Horse Identification - Markings

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.

Star

A star is any marking on the forehead.

Strip

A strip is a narrow marking extending vertically in the area between the forehead and the nostrils.

Snip

A snip is any white marking between the two nostrils.

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.

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.

Blaze

A blaze is a vertical marking of medium, uniform width extending the length of the face.

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.

Coronet

A coronet is any narrow marking around the coronet above
the hoof.

Half Pastern

A marking which includes only half the pastern above the coronet.

Full Pastern

A marking which includes the entire pastern.

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.

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.

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.

Patches of Darker Coloured Hair

Concentrated areas in which the hair has a darker pigmentation than the surrounding hair of its basic body colour.

Dark Spots

Patches of dark hair (or basic body colour) within white markings.

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