The most common suits of horses with photos and names

One of the key features of a horse that makes it possible to distinguish one breed from another is its suit - the combination of the color of the animal's hair with the color of the eyes and skin. This property is inherited and develops in the process of growing up: it is difficult to determine the color of a foal at birth. More confident conclusions can be made after the first molt (usually in 7-8 months from the moment of its appearance).

The colors of horses with photos and names are of interest to many lovers of these strong, hardy, strong and unpretentious animals.

Colors: general information

The most common are the bay, gray, red and black horses. With photographs and names familiarity with species and breeds of pets is greatly facilitated.

For succulence of the color of the main suit, uniformity of color, specific features are indicated by podmastki (more than 50 species), which are mistakenly referred to in the conversation as suits, although we are talking about the varieties of the latter (for example, red-tiger, gray in apples).

Sometimes two or more names of horses' suits can be used for a more reliable and correct description of the color at the same time (for example, dark golden-bay, light-brown in apples). There are breeds that have absorbed one suit:

• Sparkling - haflingers;
• Black - friezes;
• Red - donchaki.

The suit can prevail in the breed. A vivid example:

• Budennovskaya (80% of the redheads);
• Andalusian (80% gray);
• Russian horse (most of black).

Also there are variegated breeds. In particular, the Akhal-Teke horse is worthy of attention. The colors collected in this breed: black, red, bay, gray, isabellum, brown, solo, karakova. Akhalteke people were bred more than 5 thousand years ago and had an important influence on the development of many breeds.

Oh, you're a black horse

Voronaya suits the breeders of horses is the most popular and is recognized by a uniformly black, with a brilliant bluish tint, color of the trunk, mane and tail.

A horse of black color is associated with something mystical, often in a negative way. Since ancient times, equestrians on horses of black coloring were catching up with fear and provoked panic among others. The headless rider from the film "Sleepy Hollow", the Nazgull from the "Brotherhood of the Ring", Woland and his retinue from the "Master and Margarita" - they all sat on black blacks. The same suit was the famous Bucephalus - a real historical figure, who died in the rescue of his beloved master Alexander of Macedon.

Bearers only black color are friezes - beautiful, blue-black, without a single mark of the horse, derived in Holland.

Representatives of the black color of horses (photo and name indicate the diversity of coloring of animals) are found among many breeds, including:

• Karachaevskaya;
• Kabardian;
• Ariege (French arieuwizard);
• Shayra;
• Percherons;
• Kladrubskaya;
• Hanover;
• Trakehner.

Palette of black color

Voronaya in sunburn ("punishing" in Old Russian style) is a podmastok, characterized by rusty, sunburned hair ends. In the summer, with prolonged exposure to sunlight, and also because of the instability of the pigment, the horse can temporarily change its color to dirty brown. In the winter, the color of the animal is restored.

Vorono-piebald - unusually elegant variation of the suit, prominent white spots of large size, chaotically scattered throughout the body. The bright contrast between black and white invariably attracts attention, especially with the same unequal color of the limbs.

Ash-black is a black color podmastk, characterized by a less saturated color with a specific chestnut or dark brown tint.

Raven-chalaya. The trunk of the horse looks ashy, although in reality the hairs of the wool are alternately painted white and black.

Karakova - a variety of black suit, recognizable by:

• Black color of the trunk, mane, tail, limbs;
• Light brown tan marks in the eyes and nostrils, in the groin and on the belly.

Many specialists color this type of allocated in a separate suit, but some consider it the darkest variation of bay suits.

Gedaya color and its variations

The colors of horses with photos and names are of interest to many fans of these magnificent animals. If the horse is completely painted in red-brown color, and its mane, tail and sometimes legs (in the lower part) are black, the animal can be safely attributed to the bay suits. The horse's breeding horse is widespread and is found in almost all breeds, and only in the Cleveland (Great Britain) there are no other colors - this is the distinctive sign of the breed.

• The dark-bay horse is characterized by a rich brown color, in some cases almost black coloration of the back, croup, sometimes lateral, upper part of the head, neck. The rest of the body is characterized by a lighter tone.
• Light-bay - the animal is uniformly colored in a reddish, light-gray or brown-brown tone. Lower abdomen, areas around the eyes, muzzle - a few tones lighter. In the mane and tail, there is an admixture of brown hair. Coloring legs - a mixture of black and brown colors.
• The reindeer-lion combined in itself variations of bay suits: muzzle, throat and belly zone are painted in a light tone; Back, croup, side, neck, upper part of the head - dark brown
• Podlasaya - stands out very light, almost white markings around the eyes, mouth, in the groin, the internal parts of the limbs. Subalpine is also observed in the karate, red or rosaceous suits of horses.

Photo and name of the breeds colorfully convey the specific characteristics of animals, genuinely loved and revered by man.

Red color and its derivatives

Representatives of the red color are characterized by a uniform red coloration of the wool (from yellow and light apricot to dark chestnut tones). The mane and tail can be painted in a darker color, although there are specimens with a white tail and mane, which acquire such color depending on the season. The key difference from bay suits is the identity of the color of the trunk and legs. The most common shades are light, dark, golden-red.

Red horse color is characteristic of many breeds:

• Breton (France);
• Suffolk (England);
• Belgian (Belgium);
• Russian and Soviet (Russia);
• Frederiksborg (Denmark).

The variation of the red is a brown suit, found in dark and light colors. The darkest version of the brown suit can be mistaken for a dark bay: the chocolate casing, the mane with tail are close to the black color. The difference is in the color of the lower part of the legs: for a brown horse, their color is the same as the color of the hull.

A light brown podmastok is recognized by the light brown color of the coat, without the presence of red tones.

Igrene color: signs

The names of horses suits are diverse and include in their extensive list such name as "sparkling". An animal of this color is characterized by a torso of a brown or rusty hue, a mane and a tail of a smoky or white color. The latter, unlike the red horse, does not change within a year. In its purest form, Igrena suits are found only in 2 breeds: the haflinger and the heavy Belgian.

Breeds that have in their population of horses pyrene color:

• The Russian Soviet heavy-hauler;
• Germanic Yutland and Schleswig;
• Austrian Norian.

Description of horses of gray suit

Horse color in black and white color is inherent in gray suit. The combination of shades in different proportions and configurations is found in dark gray, light gray and ermine (light body, almost black tail with mane) variants. The admixture of white hairs can increase with every molt.

Gray in apples is the most frequent and incredibly beautiful variety of gray suits, characterized by the presence of light spots on the body, replicating the network of subcutaneous blood vessels.

Gray suits are common in the Oryol trotters (1/2 of the livestock) and Arabian horses (more than a third). The colors of horses with photos are surprising with a variety of colors and shades.

Gray bearers are the following breeds:

• Lippician (Spanish);
• Persheron, Camargue and Boulogne (French);
• Shagia (Arab, raised in Hungary);
• Lusitano (Portuguese);
• Andalusian (Spanish);
• Terek (Russian).

The white color of the horse is a variation of gray and is characterized by a natural white color. In the West, even the corresponding breed is bred - American white. Mistakenly such animals are called "albinos", but in reality it is not so.

Specificity of gray suit

The foal of gray suits may appear black, but as they grow older, at the expense of growing white hairs, brighten up, becoming "gray" in their "majority", and after a few years - gray. The head and stomach are the parts of the body that grow gray fastest.

The speed of clarification of gray horses is individual, some completely white become 3-4 years old. And on the body can appear small dark spots. Other horses remain dark until old age.

Rough-legged suit

Rough color on the background of the others is highlighted by a yellowish-sandy or golden color of the trunk, blackened by the mane, tail and lower legs. Along the back is allowed passage of a dark strip, called a "belt". The suit has different color schemes, including reddish or light-bay. There are brown horses of bright yellow color with golden tint. On the legs may be zebristye strips, inherited from the tarpan - extinct wild ancestors.

• Light Bulana. The color of the main background is pale yellow, light sand, white. Strap of dark color. On the legs there is sometimes an admixture of light hair.
• The dark-brown. Has a reddish or brownish-yellow color of the trunk, a black belt.

The remaining suits of horses with photos and names

Solovaya

Representatives of a solo suit (otherwise known as "palomino") are characterized by golden-yellowish uniform color of the trunk, white mane, the same tail.

Solovye horses can appear in the light in white color, have pinkish skin, which eventually darkens. Presumably, the solo suit originates from the Arabian racers.

Isabella

Cream wool, pink skin, blue or green eyes. Suit is quite rare, one of the purest and strongest on the genetic line, combined with a solo and a balan. By the way, other colors (except for pie and chubara) are inherent in the gray color of the skin.

Izabellovye are found among Akhal-Teke horses, Kin horses, some breeds of ponies. The suit is named after the Spanish queen Isabella Clara Eugenia, who, according to an old legend, vowed not to take off her white shirt until her husband took a large Belgian port. The siege lasted 3 years, during which time the shirt changed its color. Indeed, it was during the reign of Queen Isabella that the yellow suits of horses became popular.

Savrasaya

"Wild" suit, which has characteristic features of native breeds. A prominent representative is the horse Przhevalsky. Uneven pale-red body color, more light in the abdomen. The lower regions of the limbs are black, the same color, sometimes with a mixture of brown and light strands near the tail with a mane.

On the body along the ridge there is a black-brown, clearly defined band ("belt"), on the legs there are zebra lines. Sometimes there is a black edging of the ears, "wings" - transverse, slightly blurred bands of dark color on the shoulders and "hoar-frost" - white tail strands.

Kauraia

The horse's caurai color has a second name - "reddish-savrasaya". Its representatives are characterized by a reddish color of the trunk and legs, a brownish-red mane with a tail. Necessarily there is a "strap" of reddish-red color. Some specimens may have "zebra".

Mouse

"Wild" suit, well recognizable by ash-gray (in some specimens with a brownish tinge) coat color. The mane with tail is black. The body is colored unevenly. There may be a "belt" and "zebroid" marks on the legs. Another name for the suit is Vorono-Savrasaya.

Chalaya

An attribute of a common suit that does not change with age is the rich admixture of white hair on the main background of any color. In this case, white wool is almost absent on the legs (lower parts) and head, retaining their basic tone.

Chubaraya

It is formed on the basis of "background" suits. On the trunk of the animal chaotically scattered small patches of irregularly-oval shape, having the color of the main suit. The background is formed by an admixture of white wool to the main color.

A symmetrical white mark in the sacrum zone is also a characteristic feature of the chubar color. Sometimes it can be located almost on the entire body of the animal. Horsetails of chubar color are inherent in pink (in specks) skin color, as well as "longitudinally striped" color of hooves.

To the chubar suit belongs the Appaloosa breed of horses (America). There is this suit in some lines of the Austrian breed - the Norician. Aboriginal breeds of bright exotic suits are inherent in the Kazakh, Mongolian, Altai. This fact involuntarily leads to the idea that the woolly suit originated in the territory of Central Asia.

Piebald

It is allocated by large white marks of irregular shape, randomly scattered across the main background of any of the suits. This is the horse's piebald color - attracting attention, bright, with exotic appearance.

In America is very popular and enjoys the love of inveterate horse breeders painthorses - a breed of penguins. In past times, piebald color, mostly common among native breeds and workhorses, was unloved among the population, considered "gypsy", "cow", "plebeian".