Talk:Horse markings

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[edit] Black Points

What about a bay horse with black cannons up to it's kness & up to it's hocks, what do you call that in america ? In Ireland & U.K. it's called black points. Culnacreann 17:44, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Same name here. Thing is, ALL bay horses have black points, that's what makes them a bay. So they aren't really "markings" in that they aren't a unique pattern that individually identifies a given horse the way a blaze, or, to take a non-white marking, a Bend-Or spot might be. It's the effect of the Agouti gene on a black base coat. There is no such thing as a bay horse without black points. Thus, bay as a color and the black points associated with it are described in the bay (color) article and the equine coat color article.

That said, I note I did insert a comment about the striping of dun horses here. I guess to be consistent, maybe we should either mention both, or mention neither. Let me think about it a bit and see if I can figure out an appropriate tweak. Stay tuned Montanabw 18:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)