What is a Paint Arabian?
The term “Paint Arabian” is often applied to horses to indicate that the horse is of American Paint Horse Association bloodlines as well as Arabian bloodlines. A “Pinto Arabian” is a term used to designate that the horse is of Arabian bloodline lineage and has Pinto markings. A Pinto Arabian can be of American Saddlebred lineage, spotted walkers, warmblood, spotted draft, as well as purebred Arabian. Yes, a purebred can be pinto marked with sabino markings which are registered as overo markings, but a purebred cannot be tobiano marked. A purebred Arabian can have the sabino markings which have characteristic body white spots, typically under the belly with the addition of large facial white. In extreme sabino cases, the horse may appear almost all white. The presence of sabino markings in purebred Arabian horses can be somewhat likened to the overo cropout white markings that show-up in purebred solid American Quarterhorses. A purebred Arabian cannot have the tobiano pinto markings, as
