HORSE AND PONY COAT COLOUR

RECOMMENDED LINKS & PUBLICATIONS

1. Equine Coat Colours.  Very detailed site covering most colours, shades and patterns with many excellent
                                        illustrations & links.

2. Striping and Camouflage in Horses.  Fascinating collection of illustrations with excellent text from the same author.

3.  Brindle Horses    -  a rare equine coat colour  A third site from J. Sharon Batteate, this one on the rare brindle pattern.

4.  Colour and Colour Inheritance in Horses.    Icelandic site  including some genetics as well as having interesting photos.

5. Champagne Horse Information Pages.    Comprehensive site covering all the shades and genetics of this unusual colour.

6.  Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry.               The different colours found in this breed are fully illustrated here.

7.  American Paint Horse Association    Lacking in illustrations, but does have information on 'lethal whites' and interesting
                                                        descriptions of the different broken-colour patterns, by Professor D. P. Sponenberg.

8.  Spotties Website                           Site for Appaloosa and spotted ponies. Interesting histories of these colour patterns.

The following sites may give further help.

1.  Webpony                 Includes most things equine with huge directory of breeds, breeders and breed registries.

2.  Equiworld                U.K. based horse search engine with international flavour.

3.  Horse World Data   Comprehensive American directory, listing registries for what must be nearly every known breed or colour.

4.  Horse Web             U.K. based search engine with broad range of breeds & equine information.

                                                                BOOKS                                                

1.  'Allen's Photographic Guide to Horse and Pony Coat Colours' by Carole Knowles-Pfeiffer.                                Published by J. A. Allen
A superb book that is clear, concise and lavishly illustrated with most known colours.   A must for anyone registering foals but would delight any equine enthusiast, old or young.
Excellent value at £4.95
All royalties are donated to the International League for the Protection of Horses.
2. 'Horse Colour Explained' by Jeanette Gower.      Published by Crowood Press.
A book which goes into more detail for the more advanced enthusiast. Very well illustrated.  £14.95
Both these books are available from W. H. Smith; Waterstone's etc.
Also from    Amazon  or check out  Bookbrain  for best prices
3. 'Equine Color Genetics' by D. Phillip Sponenberg.  Published February 2009
More advanced information on colour genetics. Includes chapter on the recently  recognised mushroom colour.

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