2011 Official Rule Book - New England Pinto Horse Association

C. Overo (O-vair’-o)
1. Head Color Characteristics
a. Usually white as in a “bald-faced, apron-faced, bonnetfaced”
b. Eyes are often blue
c. Can have a pigmented upper lip
2. Body Color Characteristics
a. Can be predominantly dark
b. Color surrounds the centered white on body and neck
c. Does not usually cross the top line
3. Body White Characteristics
a. White markings are scattered and/or splashed
b. White markings are irregular
c. White is on the middle and sides of body and neck
d. Does not usually cross back between withers and tail
4. Leg Color Characteristics
a. Usually one leg is dark
b. All four legs can be dark
c. Dark legs can also have typical minimal white
5. Color/White Edges
a. Crisp delineation between colored spots and white
b. Can have pigmented skin between the white and color,
covered with white hair just at the boundary
6. General Characteristics
a. Tail is usually one color
b. Overo includes the “frame overo, sabino overo and
splashed white overo”
overo Pattern Examples
C6. Coat Colors
Bay, Bay Roan, Black, Blue Roan, Brown, Buckskin,
Champagne, Chestnut, Cremello, Dun, Gray, Grulla,
Palomino, Perlino, Red Dun, Red Roan, Seal Brown, Silver
Dapple, Sorrel
C7. Breeding Restrictions
A. General
1. Any animal with Appaloosa or mule breeding and/
or characteristics, as well as those with any draft
characteristics or known draft breeding within the previous
four generations are NOT eligible for registration with the
exception of horses eligible for the Utility Division.
2. Any Pinto developing such characteristics after registration
is subject to cancellation of Registration Certificates.
3. PtHA registration will be canceled and certificate
considered null and void on those Pintos which are found,
after registration, to have met any of these criteria.
4. Progeny of these animals will be additionally subject to
possible review and cancellation.
5. There will be no refunds of any fees paid in conjunction with
the registration of these animals.
C8. Classification and Height Requirements
A. General
All Pintos must be registered in the same division as their
parentage. If Pinto reaches a mature age of five (5) years old
and shows 3 years of documented non-growth, the animal is
eligible to be reclassified to it’s respective division regardless
of parentage.
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