Parts of a Horse!

Horse Anatomy

Sensative Spots

• Head (eyes, ears, nose, muzzle, and lips)
• Legs
• Belly/Flanks

Facial Markings

• Faint - A permanent marking that’s not always easily spotted and usually consists of a few white hairs without any underlying pink skin
• Star - A white marking on the forehead that can be any size and shape
• Stripe - A narrow white marking that goes down the middle of the face
• Broken stripe - A stripe that isn’t continuous across the entire face; it gives the appearance of having been divided somewhere in the middle
• Blaze - A wide white marking that goes down the middle of the face
• Snip - A white marking that is typically between the nostrils but can be of varying size and might cover a larger area of the muzzle
• Blaze and Snip - The blaze continues down the face and transitions into a snip
• Star and Stripe - A White marking on the forehead that continues down the face
• Bald Face - A white marking that extends from the muzzle to, or past, the eyes, leaving most of the face white

Stockings

• Stocking - The white area that covers a horse's leg coming up from the hoof
• Full stocking - Extends above the knee or hock, sometimes higher
• High stocking - Extends above the knee or hock, potentially into the body
• Sock (boot) - Extends higher than the fetlock but stops below the knee or hock
• Fetlock - White marking that covers the fetlock joint
• Pastern - White marking that extends from the hoof to just below the fetlock
• Coronet - A small white band just above the hoof, typically no more than one inch high

(High and half (partial) variations exist for these stockings)