Everything about Color Breed totally explained
A
color breed is a term that refers to
horses that are registered based primarily on their coat color, regardless of the horse's actual
breed or breed type.
Some color breeds only register horses with color that also meet specific pedigree criteria, others register animals based solely on color, regardless of parentage. A few pedigree-based color breeds, confronted with the reality of many animals born without the proper color even though they're from two registered parents, have modified their rules to allow registration of animals with the proper pedigree even if they don't possess the proper color.
For example, many different breeds, such as
American Quarter Horses,
Tennessee Walking Horses and
American Saddlebreds come in the
palomino color, as well as a wide variety of other colors. However, a color breed registry, such as the Palomino Horse Breeders Association (PHBA)
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), accepts only palomino horses--regardless of their particular breeds. Thus, a Palomino can be considered a color breed. Another example is the
pinto horse color. Horses of many breeds can be registered as Pinto if it they've the correct spotting pattern.
White horses also have their own color registry, one that includes
cremello horses, but not
grays.
Many horses eligible for registration with their own breed registry and are of a particular color are often "double registered" in both registries, often increasing their sale value by doing so.
On the other hand,
Norwegian Fjord Horses,
Appaloosas,
American Paint Horses,
Friesians and other breeds with distinct physical characteristics or pedigrees that also usually have distinctive or colorful coats might considered a color breed by some, they technically are a pedigree-based breed. For example, Appaloosas are usually spotted, but a solid-colored offspring of registered parents can still be a registered Appaloosa. Likewise, a solid-colored American Paint Horse that has registered parents may also be registered.
On the other hand, while Friesian breeders have deliberately bred to exclude
chestnut horses, and will only register
black animals, these black animals also must be Friesian by pedigree and no other bloodlines are allowed into the registry. The same is true of Norwegian Fjord Horses.
Some horse breeds exclude certain colors that are considered signs of a crossbred animal. For example, other than the
Sabino pattern, the
Arabian horse registry excludes all spotted horses.
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