Patterns & Markings

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From spots to stripes, learn what makes every horse’s pattern special. We explain how markings form and what genes are behind them.

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Few Spot

Few Spot

Hannelore Roodhooft
in Colors

Few spot is a spotted coat pattern that causes a nearly white coat filled with a few scattered spots, as well as mottled skin, striped hooves and white sclera.

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