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Pinto/Paint Horses:
History: The name Pinto comes form the Spanish pintado ("painted"), and in the US this had become "paint". At one time, the word "calico" was also used. In Euprope horses with coats of two colors, other than the spooted breeds, are called part - or odd-colored. The British distinguished between coats with patches of black and white, known as "piebald," and those with patches of white and any other color, known as "shewbald". ("bald" is the old English term for a white-faced horse). In the US, "pinto" can mean either piebald or shewbald. There are two societies for part-color horses. The Pinto Horse Association of America maintains a large registry for horses, ponies, and miniature horses. Entries are divided into stock type, of mainly Quater Horse breeding; hunter type, descended largely from Thoroughbreds; pleasure type, with Arabian or Morgan background; and saddle type, with Saddlebred, Hackney, or Tennesse Walking Horse blood. Similar classifications exist for ponies. The American Paint Horse Association registers stock-type horses with bloodlines from Thoroughbred, Quarter Horses, and Paints. The criteria for entry concern bloodlines, rather than color. Most Paints are Pintos, but not every Pinto is a Paint because of the restiction. Pinto coat patterns fall into two types: Tobiano and Overo. In the Tobiano the coat is white with large patches of solid color. The legs are usually white, and white corsses the back or rump. Overo is a colored coat with splashes of white, which is almost never cross the back. Among the 19th - century Sioux and Crow Indians, Pintos were valued for both their color and their hardiness. Registered modern Pintos are usually well made, even though they are of no fixed type. Positive Points: *Interesting and attractive coat patterns *Height: 15 - 16 hands *Strong quarters *Good legs and hooves are sought - most part-colored horses fulfil this requirement *Inclining toward a stock-horse type, the build of most Paints or Pintos is powerful *Sensible heads *Good temperment |
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