On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 12:27 -0400, bia wrote: > What is a TOBIANO PAINT? Is this specific to Quarter Horses? Can any horse > be a TOBIANO PAINT is it a color differentiation as opposed to PAINT. I look > at pictures and don't know what the TOBIANO means... I'm also curious re: > PAINT... once I was told a PAINT means only white color above the knees as > if paint was flowing down over the horses' back. But I see horses being > described as Paints with white legs and hooves. So... can someone clarify > paint for me and I guess the logical next question would be what is PINTO?
According to Wikipedia (so take it with a big grain of salt, although I love the Wiki), an Icy could be a Pinto, but to be a registered Paint, it would need to have Thorougbred, Paint or Quarter Horse bloodlines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Paint_Horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobiano Here's a bit about the genetics of a Tobiano paint from UC Davis: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/~lvmillon/coatcolor/coatclr3.html It seems to be white legs, white skin, white over hips and up onto neck. Rounded paint patterns. It looks like the color doesn't matter; any color combo, but the white part and how it's distributed is the determining factor. -Dee
