Skewbald
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- For the band of the same name see Skewbald (band)
The Skewbald horse has a coat made up of brown (or any color besides black) and white patches, on top of either pink or black skin. It is similar in appearance to the piebald and oddbald horses. While the term is seldom used in the United States, and if used, refers generically to any brown and white spotted horse, in the United Kingdom, it is typically used in reference to a manifestation of the Tobiano gene.
Like the piebald and oddbald, these terms are now no longer in common use in the UK and are more correctly referred to as Coloured. In the United States, the terminology is seldom used at all, and all such spotted horses are simply called Pinto, or if in reference to a certain breed, Paint.
[edit] References
Bowling, Ann T. "Coat Color Genetics: Positive Horse Identification" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web site accessed February 9, 2007
