| Broken colored horses are associated in
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| | what the terms actually mean and what all
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| the popular imagination with the old
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| | the fuss is about. In general, paint
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| American west. In particular, they are
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| | horses are bi-colored horses, having a
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| associated with Native Americans, with
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| | coat that is a mixture of white patches
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| whom they were a popular choice, as the
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| | and patches of another colour. This
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| pattern of broken colors made the horses
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| | should not be confused with the color
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| hard to see, either during a hunt or
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| | known as roan, where individual white
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| during war.
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| | hairs are interspersed with either
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| Broken colored horses - also known as
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| | chestnut (red roan) or black/grey (blue
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| pintos - continue to be popular today,
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| | roan).
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| both in the American west and around the
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| | A horse with black and white patches is
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| world. However, even though "pinto" is
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| | often referred to as a "piebald" and a
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| the Spanish word for "paint", pinto
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| | horse with patches of white and another
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| horses are not quite the same thing as
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| | color is known as a "skewbald." The most
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| paint horses.
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| | common patch colors in skewbalds are
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| To be registered with the American Paint
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| | brown and chestnut, but patches of
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| Horse Association (APHA), a horse must
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| | palomino (gold) and buckskin are also
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| not only have the classic broken-colored
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| | possible.
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| coat, it must also have either the sire
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| | Among paint horses, further distinctions
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| or the dam registered as an American
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| | are made, tobiano and overo being the
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| Paint Horse and have Quarter Horse or
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| | main ones. A horse classified has a
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| Thoroughbred blood somewhere in its
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| | tobiano is predominantly dark on the
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| background, Quarter Horse for preference.
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| | belly and neck with the white markings
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| Thus, while all paint horses are pintos,
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| | being smaller, while an overo is the
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| not every pinto is a paint horse - for
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| | reverse. Paint horses are often bred for
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| example, a chestnut-and-white Shetland
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| | the beauty of their markings.
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| pony, while it certainly fits the
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| | Why choose a paint horse? As they have
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| description of a pinto, is not a paint
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| | Quarter Horse ancestry, paint horses can
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| horse. The same is also true, for obvious
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| | take on a number of working roles with
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| reasons, for parti-colored donkeys and
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| | ease. They make excellent mounts for
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| mules.
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| | stock work, combining beauty with
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| Appaloosa horses, while they were also
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| | practicality, and perform well on the
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| developed by Native American tribes for a
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| | rodeo circuit in cutting competitions and
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| similar purpose, are not classified as
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| | barrel racing.
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| pintos, even though an Appaloosa can do
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| | Paint horses also make good trail horses
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| much of the work that a paint can. The
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| | or general hacks. They also do well in
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| Appaloosa spots and "blanket pattern" are
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| | the show ring, their distinctive coats
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| unique to that breed alone. The same
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| | making them particularly eye-catching.
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| applies to other spotted breeds.
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| | And, of course, many are kept as
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| Those not familiar with the term "paint
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| | companion animals by those who admire the
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| horse" or "pinto" may be uncertain as to
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| | beauty and history of the breed.
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