Horse markings

There are a few different types of horse markings. Horses of the same breed generally look identical. But there are a few ways you may be able to distinguish them. Some horses have markings such as stars, stripes, white face, blaze, and snip. These markings are usually white no matter what the colour of the horse may be.

Stars are always found somewhere on the horses forehead. They can be big or small. The reason there called stars is because they're a patch of white hair in the shape of a star.

Stars look like this:

Stripes are found on the horses face. They are a single line that goes from just below the horses forehead to his/her nose, a stripe is always thin.

This is what a strip looks like:

A blaze is also a strip that goes down the horses face starting from the horse's forehead. The blaze is similar to the strip but is a bit thicker and longer, unlike the strip, the blaze covers the horse's nose as well.

The blaze looks like this:

A snip is similar to a star but is found on the horse's nose. It's a little patch of hair in the shape of a circle, diamond or star on the horses nose.

This is what a snip looks like:

Socks are found on the horses legs and are either long or short. They look similar to socks (that’s how they got their name). Socks can go from the horse’s ankle to their hoof. Socks can be on either one, two, three or all of the horses legs.

This is what a sock looks like: