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Colours

Bay: The coat colour can vary from reddish to brown or yellowish with a black mane, tail and points, i.e. limbs
Black: The coat is all black except for occasional white marks on the head and/or the legs.
Blue Roan: A black or brown body colour with white hair giving a blue shade.
Brindle: A coat with brown or grey streaks or patches in a darker colour.
Brown: The colour brown is a combination of black and brown hairs with black limbs, mane and tail. A very dark brown may appear as almost black.
Chestnut: The colour varies from a pale gold to a rich red gold. The mane and tail are usually lighter or darker than the coat colour.
Cream or Cremello: A cream coloured coat with unpigmented skin.
Dappled: A light grey base coat with dark grey rings.
Dun: A dark skin with a light sandy coloured coat with a black mane and tail but can also range from yellow to mouse colour depending on the diffusion of the pigment. The colour is often accompanied by dark, dorsal eel stripes extending from the line of the neck to the tail. There can also be stripes on the withers and legs.
Fleabitten Grey: A grey coloured coat flecked with brown specks.
Grey: The colour grey is a combination of black and white hairs. The coat varies from light to iron to very dark.
Liver Chestnut: Liver chestnut is the darkest of the chestnut shades.
Palomino: A gold coloured coat with a white mane and tail.
Piebald: A coat with large, irregular patches of black and white hair.
Roan: A certain body colour infused with white hairs, which lighten the overall effect.
Skewbald: A coat with large, irregular patches of white and any other colour hair except black.
Sorrel: A light red chestnut coat.
Spotted: Small, circular patches of hair of a different colour from the main body colour scattered over various areas of the body.
Strawberry Roan: A chestnut body colour with white hair giving a pinkish red shade