Get UK Weatherbys Age And Markings Certificate Instructions 2015-2024

The principal body colours found in the horse are black, brown, bay, chesnut and grey, although certain additional colours are recognised - particularly by the Non-Thoroughbred authorities.

There are three main ways to identify your horse or pony: hot branding, freeze marking and microchipping.

The most common horse face markings are a star, stripe, blaze, snip, bald face, apron face, and badger face. While most horses have white markings on their body, they can also be completely absent from the coat.

A star is a white spot on a horse's forehead, between the eyes. A faint star may only appear as a few white hairs, or the star can be large enough it covers the whole forehead area.

A strip is a band of white that extends in a more or less even stripe down the bridge of the nose. A strip may connect to a star at the top and extend to the white markings on the horse's nose. Or they may be broken so there are three separate facial markings on the face, a star, strip and snip.

Star: A white marking between or above the horse's eyes. Stars come in varying sizes and shapes including round, half-moon, heart, oval and/or crescent. Snip: Like a star (above) in varying sizes and shapes, but located on the nose or muzzle. Strip: A narrow white strip that runs down the middle of a horse's face.