[deaconjim]

Not to change the subject, but...

Our trainer is, as RoS said earlier, selling his horses, and we are going to look at one of them Thursday (hopefully). He referred to it as an Ovarro (that is the way I heard it, not necessarily the way it is spelled). I didn't know what that was, but assumed it was the breed. I later tried to look it up in my horse books, but couldn't find any reference to it, and a Google search didn't help either. Does anyone have any ideas what that is?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I'd say he is speaking of an "overo" paint.

There are two types of paints, Overo, and tobiano. I get them mixed up on which is which, but it has to do with the markings they have.

I believe a tobiano will have a dark face and chest and bigger spots, and overo will have a white face and more splashy looking spots. I could be wrong about which is which tho.

Paint horses ALWAYS come from quarter horse stock. Pinto horses can be any breed.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

An overo:

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

A Tobiano:

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Overo means the color does not cross the spine. Becky posted an Overo above.

The other kind, Tobiano, the color splotches ~do~ cross the spine.

Tobiano

Incidentally, in a third kind, "TOVERO", the color doesn't cross the spine, but the color is white.

Cindy's Sarah Lee is Overo... I don't remember