Get UK Weatherbys Age And Markings Certificate Instructions 2016-2024

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.