INSTRUCTIONAL OUTLINE - NC FFA

g. Buckskin horses have a yellowish or gold body color with a black mane andtail, usually black points and no dorsal stripes.h. Sorrell horses have a reddish to copper red body with the mane and tailusually the same color or flaxen.B. Terminology based on Markings (IMS) 8892-B; HIH 140, p. 1-2;Equine Science, 2nd Edition,pp. 207-2111. Markings include black coloration from the knees and hocks down known aspoints.a. Points may also be black markings at the tips of the ears.b. Points are from the knees and hocks down and are common in bays andbrowns.2. Some of the other markings include white head and leg markings.a. A star is any white marking in the forehead.b. A snip is any white marking, usually vertical, between the nostrils or on thelips.c. A stripe is a narrow vertical white marking extending from about the line ofthe eyes to the nostrils.d. A pastern is a white marking which includes the entire pastern area from thecoronet to the pastern.e. A stocking is a full white marking to the knee or hock from the coronet.f. A half-stocking is a white marking from the coronet to the middle of thecannon.g. A sock is a white marking from the coronet to the lower cannon.Summer 2003306825 Equine Science I