Can a paint horse be white with large brown AND black spots?

Question

I know that it is possible to have a brown paint horse with a black mane and tail, but can you have brown and black spots also? If so, where can I find a picture of one?

Answer 1

i think google it

Answer 2

Ya its possible, I think its call a tri-color or something like that.Oh and you could try a google or ask search they usually work well.

Answer 3

Yes, there is such thing. Google it or something...

Answer 4

Yes they can. It is called tri colored. It is a very pretty color. Since your horse is mainly white, it would be a tri colored overo. Tri is a pretty common color in paints.

Answer 5

yes it is possible. I own one. she is a bay/tricolored paint

Answer 6

yeah, if it's a bay (tri-color) paint. there aren't black spots, but they're marked like a bay horse with huge white splotches. you know how bay horses have black points? like black lower legs and some have black tips on their ears? there's your black on your paint

Answer 7

Yes, that IS possible, although not too common.  They are rare but we've had a few mustangs come through here that they call "pintaloosas."  Google that term and hit the "images" option and it'll show you a bunch.

Answer 8

I dont think so. Paints are tobianos and overos, which are different patterns of white over brown, brown over white, black over white,white over black, and other things. i dont think a paint can be brown and black.

Answer 9

Yes it is called a Tri Color Paint

Answer 10

The gene that causes a horse to have Paint or Pinto markings doesn't give them black spots.  Instead it is a gene that takes their normal body color, whether they're brown, bay, dun, sorrel, and then gives them patches of white to that base color.  There are actually several different genes that cause the white, that's why there are several very different types of patterns in Paints.

The gene in Appolossas that cause the smaller spots is a totally different gene than the Paint gene.  I am not an expert on Appy genes so perhaps someone from that breed could give you info on whether dark patches are ever found in their breed at the same time as you'd find white patches.

Many solid colored horses, such as Quarter horses, have an occasional dark small patch or two on them.  These are called "bird catching spots" - don't ask me why - and are normal.   I imagine a Paint horse (which is from a Quarter horse background, anyhow) could easily have a small dark patch on their body as well.  That would be the only way a Paint could have their normal white patches, plus a dark spot or two.

You might want to look at some of the other posters photos, there are some rare and unique colors out there so you might find a photo of something like this.  But not matter how neat it is - it isn't a true Paint color.