Horse Question!?

Question

Is a paint horse a breed or a color, or both?
Thanks!

Another Question:What other breeds are also a color?

Answer 1

Paint is both.
Appaloosa is a color breed, and palomino is a color breed.

Answer 2

A Paint Horse is a breed, that originated from a color. The color pattern itself is called pinto, or piebald, or skewbald. The American Paint Horse is a pinto marked horse of Quarter Horse origin - basically a new registry for Quarter Horses with too much white. If a horse is born from two registered APHA (Paint) parents, but doesn't meet the minimum requirements for white markings, then it is regitered as a "breeding stock" paint, and has, theoretically, greater chances of throwing "color" in its offspring. Some do, some don't. If you have an unregistered horse with paint coloring, you call it a grade pinto. Some breeds, I believe, still use the terms piebald and skewbald, though they are not in common usage in the west.

Answer 3

Built for versatility, the American Paint Horse is generally short-coupled, strong-boned and well balanced. Paints display a remarkable degree of refinement and beauty, especially about the head and neck.

The Paint Horse's colorful coat pattern defines the breed, because it is perhaps the most obvious trait. However, Paint Horses must also possess a distinct stock-type conformation. Paints come in an endless variety of patterns. Their coat is always a combination of white with any of the basic colors common to horses: black, bay, brown, chestnut, dun, grulla, sorrel, palomino, gray and roan. Regardless of color, no two horses are exactly alike in coat pattern.

For registration and breeding purposes, American Paint Horses are categorized by three distinctive types of coat pattern. The tobiano (pronounced: tow be yah' no) pattern is distinguished by head markings like those of a solid-colored horse; their heads may be completely solid, or have a blaze, strip, star or snip. Generally, all four of the tobiano's legs are white, at least below the hocks and knees. Their spots are regular and distinctly oval or round, extending down the neck and chest, giving the appearance of a shield. Usually a tobiano will have the dark color on one or both flanks - although a tobiano may be either predominantly dark or white. The tail is often two colors.

The overo (pronounced: oh vair' oh) pattern may also be either predominantly dark or white. But typically, the white on an overo will not cross the back of the horse between its withers and its tail. Generally, one or all four legs will be dark. Also notable is that overos have bold white head markings, such as a bald face. Overos generally have irregular, scattered markings. The horse's tail is usually one color.

Not all coat patterns fit neatly into the tobiano or overo categories. For this reason, a number of years ago the APHA expanded its classifications to include "tovero" (pronounced: tow vair' oh) to describe horses that have characteristics of both the tobiano and overo patterns. What is especially fascinating about Paint Horse breeding is that the genetics of coat color inheritance is still not readily understood. Like when diving for treasure not every oyster produces a pearl, not every breeding of two Paint Horses results in a colored foal. This makes each Painted foal that much more valuable.

Answer 4

A Paint is a breed and a color. My best friend has a paint and she doesn't stop talking about it.

Answer 5

paint is a color and can come out in any breed even the smallest amount of a color separation in the right spot can consider a horse a paint

Answer 6

a paint horse is an accual breed they come in broken and solid colors but some people call spotted horses paints.

Answer 7

both, a quarter horse, for example, could be a paint colour, and there is a paint breed that is registerable.

Answer 8

Both

Answer 9

originally it was just a color.... pinto was the term they use to use... now it is both a breed and a color

Answer 10

both-its a type of horse and the color, w/ splotches of different colors.