Coat Patterns

The AQPA accepts all colours & patterns

Appaloosa Coat Patterns

Blanket – Solid coloured pony with white pattern over the rump and may extend up to withers. Edges can be sharp or flecked or roaned. Sometimes there are no spots on the white (it is commonly called a “snowcap”) and known as “blanket” however most blanket patterns have solid coloured spots on the white area and are known as “blanket with spots”.

Leopard – White coloured pony with coloured spots over entire body. Can vary from a “few spot”, an almost white coloured pony with just a few coloured spots to a pony that has many larger spots that resembles a leopard.

Varnish – A mixture of white and brown hairs on the large portion of the body. Colour gets lighter as pony gets older. Base colour usually retains colour over prominent bony parts (hips, withers, shoulders, legs and facial bones). Varnish is different from roan and ticking. (Must have other Appaloosa characteristics to receive regular registration).

Snowflake – Solid coloured pony with a number of small white spots randomly distributed over whole body.

Pony may also have a combination of appaloosa patterns; Blanket with spots, Varnish Blanket and Varnish Blanket with spots etc.