How Do You Identify An American Paint Horse?
When identifying breeds of horses, things can get tricky. This article will help you identify what an American paint horse is in comparison to other breeds. To identify a true American paint horse, you have to do a bit of homework into its pedigree. You might think that an American paint horse is any horse that carries the tobiano or overo coat pattern–but this is not so. The American Paint Horse Association was formed in 1965 and was a large result of quarter horse breeders wanting to be able to register their “crop-out” quarter horses. “Crop-outs” were full-blooded (according to pedigree) quarter horses that had too much white to be accepted into the American Quarter Horse Association. At that time, too many white markings on a quarter horse could get it excluded, since these characteristics were considered undesirable. American paint horses are, essentially, quarter horses with various painted coat patterns. Although some questionable pedigrees were grandfathered in, there are no g
