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)

[edit] Yellow eyes

I read somewhere that horses can have yellow eyes. This true? 66.63.86.156 13:55, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Not really. Horses with the champagne gene can have "amber" eyes, sort of a light brown, the same gene may create sort of a turquiose-greenish shade as well. They can have blue eyes too, in some cases, particularly if they have two copies of the cream gene.Montanabw(talk) 04:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stockings of animals in general

Many animals have stocking markings in addition to horses: giraffes, cats, dogs, etc., but I could find no Wikipedia article in evidence. I would relish some advice on how to progress this inclusive article as it is an areas outside of my ken. Please chat on my talk page if you may be of assistance.
Blessings
B9 hummingbird hovering (talk • contribs) 04:29, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

there are alot of differnt markings  there is mpore than one blaze but alot of pepplendonot relize  there is a small blaze and a wide blaze

xx yhoo are welcome —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.203.132 (talk) 15:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)