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- From: dabay@morse.cns.vt.edu (Marian Dabay)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: pinto vs. paint
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 17:22:09 GMT
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- In article <prescott.727480227@prussian14> prescott@rtsg.mot.com (Audrey Prescott) writes:
- >Simple question, but I don't know the answer! My sister-in-law asked the
- >difference between a pinto and a paint. What is the difference?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Audrey Carroll
- >
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- Audrey,
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- I learned the difference this past spring when I bought my
- beautiful pinto Belgian mares from a Paint horse breeder.
- The difference is this - a Paint is a type of horse, just like
- Arabs, TBs etc. In order to be a registered Paint horse, a foal
- must meet certain breeding/color qualifications. Pinto is a color,
- like bay, chestnut or grey. It's similar to the difference between
- the words Thoroughbred and pure-bred. The first is a type of horse, the
- second describes the horse. Therefore all Paint horses are
- pinto-colored, but not all pinto horses are Paints.
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- Within the pinto color, there are several other terms used.
- Overo and tobiano descibe the color pattern. On tobiano,
- the spots of color are generally smooth "edged", whereas
- overos have very jagged edges. It's hard to explain, you
- really need to look at pictures to see the difference. There
- are also piebald and skewbald, which I believe describe the
- color of the horse, with piebald being chestnut/white and
- skewbald being black/white?
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- Marian Dabay
- Clancy - chestnut Belgian gelding
- Bunny - pinto Belgian mother-to-be (late February)
- Millie - pinto Belgian mare
- Budweiser - bay pony gelding
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