Overos

Tobianos and Overos are the most common paint patterns, but until you have seen lots of horses or pictures of horses from each pattern, they can be hard to tell apart. Here are some overos compared with a tobiano:


Overo


Tobiano


Overo


Overo


Overo


Overo

Notice that all of the overo's have blazes or bald faces, and that if they have white legs, it is because of white stockings and not becuase the pattern runs off of their body and onto their legs. Also notice that the overo's pattern covers the middle of the body, while the tobiano pattern usually leaves the middle of the body dark. Also, the overo's pattern is much more jagged than the tobiano's, and the overo pattern does not cross the horse's back. Tobian's look like someone poured a bucket of white paint over them, while overo's look like someone took a piece of chalk, drew a pattern on each side, and colored it in.

Look at the next post up for a test on how much you know about paint patterns!