Facial markings

  There are many distinguishing features between individual horses.  Probably the most obvious, other than colour, is markings. 

  Horses have a wide and varied selection of markings that can be just about anywhere on the horses body.  First lets look at some basic facial markings!!

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  Another facial common facial marking is the "white face".  The white face is very much like the bald face, except the white marking covers/goes over both of the eyes.  The bald face does not.

  Any markings that have the body's colour in flecks or splotches on it, are called "ermined "  eg. Ermined Blaze.  Ermine spots can also be found on the leg markings too.

  Another facial marking that should be recognized is the badger face.  A badger face is when a marking is in a different colour other than white.

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If you see a horse with a squiggly, or "s" shaped marking, its called a race.

 Sometimes a facial marking can be hard to distinguish.  Try your best to identify them as you come across them.  Some times you may have to say "it looks like a stripe and a large snip converged on each other."  and that will happen quite a lot in the equine world.  Specifically named markings are there as a blue print to help identify a horse.