SABINO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Sabino pattern usually has white that extends up the legs in ragged
patches, and then extends onto the horse’s body from the belly. The head
is usually excessively white with white extending under the chin and
under the jaws and the eyes are commonly blue although many sabino
horses have partially blue, partially brown eyes. Flecks, patches and roan
areas are common on sabinos. Some sabinos will also have odd white
patches on the knee or hock, removed from the main portion of the lower
white leg markings. In the middle range of expression, sabino horses are
fairly distinctive and are usually diffi cult to confuse with other patterns.
The whitest of the sabinos are nearly or entirely white. Some retain color
only on the ears and others are white all over with spots on the skin under
the white hair.

TOBIANO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
A Tobiano can be any solid-colored horse with legs that are usually white
and white spots that are arranged vertically with body spotting that is
regular, round or oval, and extends down the neck and chest with a shield
appearance. They usually have dark areas on one or both fl anks and the
tail may have two colors. The white usually crosses the top-line somewhere
between the ears and tail. The head has no more white than expected on
a non-spotted horse. The eyes of tobianos are usually dark. Tobiano
horses can vary from quite dark, with small amounts of white, to quite
white, with only the head remaining dark. The darker individuals
sometimes have so little white spotting as to be confused with
non-spotted horses.

OVERO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
Overo coat patterns occur on any color background and the white areas
on overos are usually crisply and cleanly delineated from the colored
areas, although some have a halo or shadow of pigmented skin under
white hair directly at the boundary. White spotting of the overo horse
usually comes up from the belly in a horizontal arrangement and does
not cross the topline. The overo horse may have solid-colored legs with
normal white markings and the tail is one color. It may be bald-faced,
covering both eyes, or apron-faced with white markings extending beyond
the ears and under the chin. The eyes of an overo with extensively white
facial markings are frequently blue.

TOBIANO / SABINO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The combination of the Tobiano and Sabino patterns is a common
occurrence in the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Tobiano/Sabino
shows characteristics of both the tobiano and sabino patterns. The
main identifying characteristic is the appearance of excessive white on
the face, under the chin and under the jaw. Blue eyes or blue spots in the
eyes indicate the presence of the Sabino gene. The spotting pattern is a
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BLACK TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Black horse’s entire body color is black. The black foal may be an
overall mousy grey at birth, but will be black when it sheds its foal coat.
SMOKY BLACK
The Smoky Black is a black horse with one cream dilution gene. The
body color can vary from dark brown to almost black with brown hair in
the ears and the eyes range from hazel to dark brown. At least one parent
must have a cream gene.
SMOKY CREAM
The Smoky Cream is a black horse with two cream dilution genes.
It always has blue eyes, pink skin and is a rich creamy off white. Both
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CLASSIC CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Classic Champagne is a black horse diluted by a champagne gene.
The body color varies in shade from a dove color to a dark chocolate
and the points are a darker shade of the same color. The foal coat color
is almost black at birth and the skin is pink and as the horse ages freckles
develop on the pink skin. The eye color is always blue at birth and
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CLASSIC CREAM CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Classic Cream Champagne is a black horse diluted by a champagne
gene and a cream gene. It always has pink skin and is usually born a
creamy off white and darkens to a rich or dark creamy color. The eye
color is always blue at birth and usually ends up a greenish hazel color.
At least one parent must be champagne and one parent a cream dilute
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ROAN TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
Roan is not a color. It modifies any coat color with a mixture of white
hairs, intermingled from birth with the darker hairs of the coat color
leaving the base color on face, mane, tail and lower legs. Use the
combination of base coat color, such as “black,” and the term “roan”
to describe a “black roan.” The true Roan pattern isn’t always apparent
until it sheds its foal coat to the color that it will be throughout the horse’s
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GREY TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
Grey is a color modifi er and no horse is born grey. Grey begins to modify
the birth coat color sometimes months or even years later. They will
begin showing signs of grey around the eyes, fl ank and below the elbow.
Grey patches occasionally will develop on the body, croup, or thigh before
they are visible around the eyes. Grey is progressive and aging causes
the coat colors of grey horses to progressively lighten to almost white.
Dappling is common and often, older grey horses show speckles of their
original coat color hair and are called “fl ea-bitten.” A grey horse must
have at least one grey parent. Ideally to preserve the true color of the
horse “Grey” should be added to the birth color black/grey, chestnut/
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WHITE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
White horses are extremely rare and are born pure white and have
dark eyes and pink skin with no freckles or spots on skin or hair. In
the Tennessee Walking Horse, Maximum Sabinos are frequently
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DUN TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Dun gene is a dilution gene that can lighten any body coat color in
varying degrees. The dun must prominently display a dark dorsal stripe
and zebra stripes on the shoulders and horizontal stripes on the legs. At
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SILVER TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Silver gene is a dilution gene that affects only black pigment of the
mane and tail and dilutes black body color only slightly. The mane and
tail are lightened to a silvery or blonde shade, and the eyes can range from
hazel to dark brown. The Silver gene is only expressed on black and must
have a parent with the silver gene. Bay Silver horses appear to be chestnuts
with fl axen or silver manes but genetically are bay horses. The combination
of base coat color and the term “silver” is required to describe a horse with
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CHESTNUT / SORREL TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
Chestnuts vary in shade from a light golden red to a dark reddish brown.
Quite often, the mane and tail will be the same color as the body coat
but they can also have a fl axen mane and tail. Sorrels are called “light
chestnuts” in some of the other breeds, but genetically chestnuts and
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PALOMINO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Palomino horse is a chestnut with one cream gene that dilutes the
body to a golden color with white mane and tail. Ideal color is that of
a newly minted gold coin but can vary from pale gold to a deep gold
coat with off-white mane and tail. Palomino horses always have dark
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CREMELLO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Cremello is a chestnut horse with two cream dilution genes. It is
born a creamy off white color with pink skin, blue eyes, white mane and
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GOLD CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Gold Champagne is a chestnut horse diluted by a champagne gene.
The body color can vary from pale to dark golden color with the mane
and tail a fl axen, near-white or golden color. The foal coat color is darker
than the adult, resembling a sorrel or chestnut horse at birth and the skin
is always pink and develops freckles on the exposed pink skin. The eye
color is always blue at birth and changes to brown or hazel color. At least
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GOLD CREAM CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Gold Cream Champagne is a chestnut horse diluted by a
champagne gene and a cream gene. It always has pink skin and a
creamy off white color and as the horse ages it develops freckles on the
exposed pink skin. The eye color is always blue at birth and usually ends
up a greenish hazel color. At least one parent must be champagne and
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BAY TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
Bay horses have a body color coat that ranges from light-to-dark
reddish-brown hues, and are distinguished by their black mane
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BROWN TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Brown horse’s body color is black except for lighter brown
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BUCKSKIN TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Buckskin is a bay horse with one cream dilution gene which
dilutes only body color to any shade from creamy tan to sooty brown
with black mane, tail, legs and black ear rims. At least one parent must
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PERLINO TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Perlino is a bay horse with two cream dilution genes. It is born a
creamy off white color with pink skin, blue eyes, yellowish mane and tail
and legs. Both parents must have a cream gene. tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.  Tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.
 

AMBER CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Amber Champagne is a bay horse diluted by a champagne gene.
The body color can vary from a golden tan body color with chocolate
brown points, though the legs are often lighter than the mane & tail. The
foal coat color resembles a bay horse at birth and the skin is always pink
and develops freckles on the exposed pink skin. The eyes are always blue
at birth and change to brown or hazel color. At least one parent must be
champagne. tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.  Tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.
 

AMBER CREAM CHAMPAGNE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
The Amber Cream Champagne is a bay horse diluted to a creamy tan
body color with light to medium brown points with the legs often lighter
than the mane & tail. The skin is pink and as the horse ages it develops
freckles on the exposed pink skin. The eye color is always blue at birth
and usually ends up a greenish hazel color. At least one parent must be
champagne and one parent a cream dilute or cream champagne.tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.  Tennessee walking horse, tennessee walking horse for sale.
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