Tri-colored pintos

[Marty]

I'm not sure if there is another name for tri-colored pintos but I call them tri-colored pintos. Some people have called them calico pintos but not sure if that is correct terminology at all.

In this case I am referring to when 3 colors are found on the main body parts, not counting on the legs or mane or tail.

I may be seeing things but I thought I saw a hint of red coming in on black and white pinto Knight Star's back in two places.

It could be mud or my horrific eye sight. Not sure yet what is going on with it just yet. Going to play it out and see what happens.

Would this be considered popular coloration or a no-no ?

 

[Whitewave]

I think a Tri Colored pinto is a Bay pinto as they have three colors , Bay , Black & White.My stallion is a Bay Pinto (tri - colored) as he is Bay & White and has Black on his legs above the white and a Mixed Black/White Mane & tail.

 

[lyn_j]

[SIZE=14pt]I dont think thats genetically possible. What I have had refered to as tri colored were bay pintos with black points.... hence the bay, black and white. I dont believe I have ever heard of horses with black AND red spots. Baby hair can be very deceptive. You can get brown fuzz in with the black.... blacks arent usually born real black... they have a brownish tinge and lighter under coat.[/SIZE]

Lyn

 

[CyndiD]

[SIZE=10pt]Bay Pinto is one of my favorites..... :aktion033:

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[crponies]

[SIZE=14pt]I can see how this would be possible with a horse that was smutty. A smutty bay or buckskin for example would have a lot of black mixed in with the red or yellow coat. So, you could have the black, the red or yellow, and the white all on the main body of a smutty bay or buckskin pinto which would make the tri-color Marty is talking about.[/SIZE]

 

[Lucky-C-Acres-Minis]

Is the red coloring showing up in the black? If so, some blacks fade in the sun and get a red tint..

 

[bevann]

I have a sorrel pintaloosa Orion grandaughter that is now getting black hairs in her mane&tail.I will check her out for black spots on the body.don't know what she is now.I also have a filly that is a bay pinto.

 

[CLC Stables]

Yes, tri-colors are bay pintos...........

 

[Irish Hills Farm]

I personally don't like the term tri-color. To me a tri-color can be a bay pinto, a buckskin pinto, heck maybe even a blue-roan pinto, etc. I perfer to know exactly what color we are talking about. JMO.

 

[Dona]

I agree with you Sheryl......a "tri-colored" pinto simply means that the horse carries three different colors on it's body, and could describe a Bay-Pinto, Buckskin Pinto, and as you mentioned....even a Black Roan pinto.

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For this reason, it's much better (and more accurate) to use the correct color terminology.....such as Bay Pinto, Buckskin Pinto or Black (or blue) Roan Pinto. That way, there is no mistaking the color.

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[crponies]

I agree with you, Sheryl, but some people do like the term. Most people do mean a bay pinto if they use it like others have said.

 

[Vicky Texas]

Hi Gang

Here is our Tri Color Pinto Stallion, Barely Lightening, (aka Little Bits), he is the first

mini I had bought. He will be 19 years young this year.

He is red & white with Black points (black legs), star and 4 white socks. But he clips out

a much darker brown color instead of the red.

Thanks for letting me share our beautiful boy.

Vicky

 

[Valerie]

Mercedes, the mare in my avatar is a bay pinto, and what I have known as a tri-color, but I had never given much thought to buckskin pintos etc, that makes perfect sense that they could be tri-colors as well. I learn something new everyday on this forum, how cool is that?

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[susanne]

To me, this term is right up there with "own son" -- ridiculous.

If a bay or buckskin pinto is a tri-color, then a bay or buckskin must be a bi-color. Give me a break.

Oh well, I know I won't change any minds, but you won't catch me using that term.

 

[user 488]

To me, this term is right up there with "own son" -- ridiculous.

If a bay or buckskin pinto is a tri-color, then a bay or buckskin must be a bi-color. Give me a break.

Oh well, I know I won't change any minds, but you won't catch me using that term.

I have read this thread a number of times and Susanne nailed exactly what I was going to post. A bay or buckskin is not a bi-colored horse. A bay has black points....a buckskin has black points. That is what makes a bay or buckskin. It is not considered two colors.

The term tri-colored is improper terminology. We have discussed improper terminlogy a number of times and if you want to sound educated you would not use the term tri-colored.

The horse is simply a bay pinto or a buckskin pinto. There is no third color involved.

And yes Susanne.........own son is ridiculous. Who elses son is it going to be?

: But many QH people still use the term.

But what the heck..........you all can call it whatever you like.

 

[Marion]

I learned something new. I had never heard of a tri-colored horse, but we did have tri-colored goats. We do have a bay pinto. I have always thought of the black on bays and buckskins as points and not a true color, but then again I was never certain that I was correct in my thinking.

 

[wcr]

Incorrect terminology is one of my hot buttons and I tend to be a bit of a snob about it.

Calling a horse tricolored bugs the heck out of me. They are NOT tricolored but is the color pattern for bays and buckskins.

Another one that bugs me is calling pintos paints. Pinto is a color pattern and paint is a breed. We don't call minis clydesdales so don't call pintos paints.

 

[lyn_j]

[SIZE=14pt]AMEN Kathi! That has bugged me to DEATH.... The Pinto paint thing.... Tri colored is another one and calling a driving horse a cart horse, while it may be proper somehow just rubs me wrong.[/SIZE]

Lyn

 

[crponies]

[SIZE=14pt]Actually, the paint vs. pinto thing bothers me too but not the same way. It annoys me that people are so insistent about paint being only a breed. Well, fine, if you have a Paint it is registered with the APHA I suppose. However, there is also an American Paint Pony Registry that has been around for a while. Can't those ponies also be called Paints? Besides that, the term paint is much older than the APHA and has been used for ages to refer to pintos. So, I think that if someone wants to call their pinto a paint, they have every right too.[/SIZE]

 

[user 488]

[SIZE=14pt][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]and calling a driving horse a cart horse, while it may be proper somehow just rubs me wrong.[/SIZE]

Lyn

Lyn......this is so OFF TOPIC! fftopic:

But I have to agree! When I see a thread on driving and it is referred to as CARTING I just want to scream. It is NOT CALLED CARTING! It is called DRIVING. No where in a Prize List or horse show specs is it called a Cart Horse or CARTING, That is just plain improper terminology and sounds absolutely RIDICULOUS!

: Makes a person sound totally uneducated. It's like "lets hook up Ole' Bess to a wagon and plow the field. If we were to go off to a show, or off to work a horse and say we were going Carting or that I was going to hook up my Cart horse they would look at me like I had lost my...........well, use your imagination! :lol: :new_shocked: :lol:

Sorry! Just couldn't help myself!

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