A Branch of the Canadian Pony Club and Region of the St Lawrence & Ottawa Valley

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This page is supplied to provide our members with basic information to compliment learning materials.

Face Markings

                                   Star              Snip             Blaze             Strip                     Bald

                          Coronet    Half Pastern     Sock        Half Canon   Stocking & Ermine Spots

Colours
Black : All solid black without any brown highlights Bay: Brown or reddish brown body with black points
Brown: Dark brown or nearly black with brown highlights Roan: Black, Bay, brown or chestnut with white hairs mixed through coat.
Appaloosa: Small round spots or speckles. May be dark with light spots, white with dark spots, roan with patches of spots, or dark with a white blanket and spots over the hind quarters. Pinto: Large, coloured patches of any colour and white. A "piebald" is black and white . A "skewbald" is any other colour and white.
Chestnut: (Sorrel) reddish brown with the same colour or lighter mane, tail and legs. May be dark chestnut, red chestnut or light chestnut. Mane and tail may be blonde. Grey:

 

 Grey or white with dark skin, eyes and muzzle. Greys are born a very dark colour and grow lighter as they age, until they are nearly white. May be dark grey, dappled grey, "flea-bitten" (speckled) grey or white grey. True white have pink skin.
Palomino: Golden coat with white mane and tail. Dun: Tan or mouse coloured, with dark legs, mane, tail and a dark stripe down the back along the spine.

Measuring your Pony or Horse

 
   

We are a branch of the Canadian Pony Club and are part of the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Valley region.

 

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