Horse markings

As a badge is called immutable and innate identification characteristics in horses. A distinction is made between the vertebrae fur, white badges and colored badges.

All congenital badges are so individual that they are used for identification (such as the fingerprint in humans). They are registered by the veterinarian in the lineage papers. Acquired badges, such as fire scars or signs of injury can also be added.

A horse has no white markings, it is registered in the identification papers " without markings ." These animals can then be identified only coat pegs and not innate character.

• 2.1 dorsal stripe, shoulder cross and zebra stripes
• 2.2 Dark Face Mask
• 2.3 Flour mouth

• 3.1 Copper Maul
• 3.2 Ben d'or spots
• 3.3 Bird Catcher spots
• 3.4 Chubari spots
• 3.5 Tetrach spots
• 3.6 Blood Mark
• 3.7 Reverse Blood Mark
• 3.8 Reverse Blaze and Medicine Hat

White markings

Appearance

Markings on the head

Small white markings on the forehead are called differently depending on the size and shape.

• No badges: no white markings on the head
• Flake: only a small, about size of a fingernail white spot on the forehead
• Flower: slightly larger, about walnut large white spot on the forehead
• Star: white spot on the forehead, not yet affect the bridge of the nose
• Flames: narrow bar on the forehead, not on the bridge of the nose temporarily
• Wedge star: white spot on the forehead, on the bridge of the nose has a short spout

Badges, which extend from the forehead to the mouth are called blaze.

• Line: narrow white stripe running across the bridge of the nose and possibly the forehead, but not all the way from the nose to the eye passes over, but is shorter.
• Narrow blaze: white spot on the forehead, which turns into a narrow strip that runs across the entire bridge of the nose
• Width blaze: like the narrow blaze, but with a wide strip
• Lantern: very wide blaze, which completely covers the bridge of the nose and almost the whole forehead and ends at the nostrils

Narrow blaze, blaze and line width can be continuous and interrupted. All forms can occur in a symmetrical, but also in a very irregular shape.

• Snip: white spot between the nostrils of the horse ( see also Figure markings on the limbs)
• Milk or flour Maul: completely white markings around the lips and nostrils ( available as Leuzistisches badge, recognizable by the pink skin and as a badge, which is due to the gene Pangare, with underlying black skin )
• Toads Mouth: mottled white markings around the lips and nostrils

Badges can also occur in combination, such as staple together with a snip.

Markings on the limbs

The name is always first the place starting with the page, such as " left front" and then renames the badge. It always counts the highest point reached by the white markings. Is not uniform of course, it is called irregular.

The division is made according to limb sections ( ascending list):

• Crown
• Bale
• Fetter
• Foot semi-
• Foot
• Feet high
• Leg
• Leg up

Influence of coat color on badges

In molds and markings are in young animals that are still dark, still clearly visible. Throughout life, the fur is white, however, and only on the skin you can see the badge as pink spots on a black background, while the fur is everywhere white.

If a horse is almost white by color of cloudy Albinismusspektrums, almost no dye (melanin ) can be produced, the mechanism leading to the formation of badges and piebald, is not affected. That is, even Cremellos or Perlinos can have badges, but these are hard to detect because the horses are almost white.

The frequency and size of badges is also related to the underlying color: Foxes have larger badge than Brown, which are heterozygous for the Fuchsgen and these in turn have larger badge than Brown, who have no Fuchsgen besitzen.1 5 mildew and black horses rare badge.

Genetics

White markings are often called " albino table " because of its white, but actually belong to the leucistic form a circle and created similar Scheckungsmuster.

In fact, Scheckungsmuster express in horses when they are minimally marked, sometimes only in large badge. However, there are next to the check - genes, several other genes that can only cause badge. The range of variation of the points depends on the size and about 1/3 from other factors, about 2/ 3 of genetic factors. 1 2 3 4

Arabs have an average of more pronounced rear badge on the legs than in the front and left more than right badge. Both are influenced by breed, but the asymmetry between the front and rear leg stronger than that between the right and left leg. 4

The gene for white markings of the Freiberg is located at the Kit - Locus.5

Breeds

In some breeds, such as the Frisians, badges are not allowed due to the breeding rules. The markings on the legs can also extend to the hooves, which then leads to white hooves.

Agouti badge

Dorsal stripe, shoulder cross and zebra stripes

There are also badges that are not white, such as a dorsal stripe. This is an over the spine extending from the mane to the tail darker line. Is the Aalstrich very pronounced, it can be crossed over the withers of a second dark stripe. This is called shoulder cross. Often occur in combination with a dorsal stripe and zebra stripes on. This horizontal stripes on the forearm between carpal and elbow joints. They are like the dorsal stripe darker than the rest of the coat. In summary, called these three badges agouti markings. They are associated with the color of the dun. Crosswalk may also occur in wild-type brown. The agouti Badges occur in many domestic breeds of horses and wild horses. 6

The agouti markings are typical of a group of zebras Streifung.6

In many species of the genus horse (Equus ) with varying degrees of stripes occur. When the entire body is striped zebras. The striped pattern is composed of the dorsal stripe, shoulder the cross and other vertical stripes on the neck and trunk, horizontal stripes on the legs and longitudinal stripes on the head together. In other species, these striations is more or less regressed, but is similar in its course to the stripes of zebras. So the donkey from the vertical strip only the shoulder cross is obtained, but often very clearly pronounced. They also have a dorsal stripe. The legs do not wear or a few marks. Although the African donkey is missing the shoulder cross, but the legs are very clear gestreift.6 black and white

In domestic and wild horses striation occurs only with Fallows and there is even more regressed than any other animal. Depending on the animal, this residual strips can vary in strength at Fallows. Almost always to recognize is the dorsal stripe. Zebra stripes on the legs are the next common element. Even more rarely you can see remnants of the shoulder cross and vertical spots on neck and torso. Only in exceptional cases can also be seen at the top of the remains of the face markings of zebras. However, the existing strip always correspond in direction and position where the Zebras.6

Dark facial mask

In Fallows sometimes occurs a dark face mask. It is also typical of the Tarpan.

Flour mouth

There are two types of flour mouth - a variant that is caused as the other white face badges in the horse by leucism and is connected with pink skin, and a variant that is often the case with pony and horse breeds that are still closely related to the wild horse right, and is caused by a different control of the synthesis of melanin. The non Leucistic variant can be recognized by the black skin on the nose and the fact that at the same time the horse belly and the insides of the legs are brightened.

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Copper mouth

The mouth is brightened from black or dark brown to brown or light brown. A horse with this color is genetically never a black horse.

Ben d'or spots

Ben d'or spots (also bend or spots, Ben dor spots or stains Mandl, Cornflecken or spots called fly ) are small, round, dark spots. They are named after an English Thoroughbred named Bend 'or in which these points were first described. They occur frequently, especially in foxes and Palominos. Inheritance is completely unknown.

Bird catcher spots

These spots are named after an English thoroughbred - Bird Catcher. The spots are small, round and white and occur regardless of a check pattern. The inheritance of Bird Catcher spots is unknown, but according to current research status has nothing to do with the check species known to date. Bird catcher spots occur relatively frequently, but mostly unrecognized.

Chubari spots

Once the Bird Catcher spots are larger than about 3-4 cm in diameter, they are called Chubari spots. Again, nothing is known about inheritance. Your name got the stains from the English Thoroughbred Chubari.

Tetrach spots

(also Tetrarch spots) are white spots that are larger than Chubari spots. They are named after Tetrarch ( English thoroughbreds ).

Blood Mark

A Blood Mark also called bloody shoulder, is an area of red or brown Stichelhaaren in the bright fur, usually on the shoulder or neck. It occurs in gray horses on, especially in the Arabian thoroughbreds but also in Quarter Horses and English Thoroughbreds. It arises either. Due to the incomplete molds at the site of the later Blood cord or by the gradual accumulation of colored hair with every change of coat of a white horse

Reverse Blood Mark

A Reverse Blood Mark is the reverse drawing of the Blood Mark, that is a bright, stitchhaired place in dark fur.

Reverse Blaze and Medicine Hat

If a pinto is white in many areas his body, sometimes small dark fur areas remain that act like inverted badge. As a Medicine Hat ( literally translated: Medizinhut ) is referred to it, if only the ears and a small area around them is dark. Reverse Blaze (literally upturned blaze ) is called a dark badge, which is shaped like a blaze or lantern.