| V TROTTER* | | | | solid colored horses. For example, they may have a |
| A breed developed between 1775 and 1784, the | | | | solid color head, or a head with a blaze, star, or |
| Orlov Trotter was dveloped by A.G. Orlov at | | | | stripe. All four of a tobiano's legs are usually white |
| Khrenov stud. The breed came from crossing Arabian | | | | below the knees. Spots are oval or round and tails |
| horses with Mecklenburg, Dutch and Danish harness | | | | are usually a solid color. |
| breeds. Evolution under the natural conditions that are | | | | Overo Pattern: horses are either white or |
| characteristic of Russia, including flood plains and | | | | predominantly dark. The white will not cross the back |
| stables means that Orlov trotter is a breed that is | | | | of the horse between the horses tail and withers. At |
| adaptable to many conditions. | | | | least one, but often all 4 lets will be dark colored. The |
| Orlov Trotter's are used as draught horses, for utility | | | | markings are usualy scattered and the tail is typically |
| horses and as a pleasure or competition horse. When | | | | a single color. |
| used in breeding, the Orlov Trotter is used as the | | | | *PALOMINO* |
| principal improver of smaller, native horses of the | | | | Palomino's have been treasured for years and are |
| former Soviet Union. | | | | part of Greek mythology. In order for a horse to be |
| Orlov Trotter has a well proportioned head with a | | | | part of the Palomino Horse Breeders of America, the |
| long neck and muscular back. Their measurement is | | | | horse must stand somewhere between 14 and 17 |
| about 162 cm at the withers and a body length of | | | | hands tall and be the color of a US 14 karat gold coin. |
| 164 cm. Orlov Trotter colors are grey, chestnut, | | | | Skin of Palomino's is typically grey, brown or black |
| black or bay. | | | | and without pink skin. Mane and tails of Palomino's |
| The Orlov breed is extremely fertile and the breed | | | | must be white, with less than 15% dark hairs. |
| has a long life span. | | | | Palomino's are divided into 3 different divisions. Stock |
| *PAINT* | | | | type of Palomino horses are western horses mostly |
| American Paint Horses are required to have bloodline | | | | represented by Quarter Horses. Golden American |
| and distinctive body types by the registry. A paint | | | | Saddlebred type of Palomino's are represented |
| must come from horses that are registered with | | | | mostly by Saddlebreds and the pleasure division of |
| either the American Paint Horse Association, the | | | | Palomino's includes Morgan, Tennessee Walking |
| Jockey Club, or The American Quarter Horse | | | | Horses and Arabian. |
| Association. Paint horses are intelligent and versatile, | | | | Palominos that are registered in one of the following |
| beautiful and very athletic. Although they are a light | | | | 7 horse associations, and those that meet the color |
| horse breed, paints are quite muscled and stockier. | | | | requirements, are eligible for registration and |
| They are refined, and carry their head and neck with | | | | participation in the PHBA: American Quarter Horse |
| elegance despite being short-coupled. The color | | | | Association, American Morgan Horse Association, |
| patterns are what visually distinguish a paint horse | | | | American Saddlebred Horse Association, International |
| from other breeds. There is a very unique | | | | Arabian Horse Association, Arabian Horse Registry, |
| combination of white and another color from the | | | | Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and exhibitors |
| equine rainbow. | | | | Association and the Jockey Club. |
| Sometimes, people mistakenly refer to pinto horses | | | | *PANTANEIRO* |
| as paint horses. The difference is that Pinto's can | | | | Also known as Poconeano, the Pantaneiro is home in |
| actually be any breed and Paints are registered with | | | | Mato Grosso, Brazil. Most are gray in color, with some |
| the American Paint Horse Association and must be | | | | bay or black or brown. There are temporary flood |
| able to prove their parentage to one of the three | | | | conditions often found within the Pantanal region that |
| previously mentioned registries, in addition to meet | | | | the Pantaneiro breed has adapted well to. Pantaneiro |
| minimum color requirements. | | | | horses are resistant to equine Infectious Anemia |
| Paint horses are categorized by color patterns: | | | | which makes them the selected horse for swampy |
| Tobiano Pattern: horses have head marketings like | | | | areas in their homeland. |