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"Shadowing?"

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Is this( the markings outlining his patchs/spots) called "shadowing" or what is it called? thanks for any help. :D


 
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Is what called shadowing? All I see is a picture of a horse, but you never specified what, exactly, you were unsure about.
 
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APHA calls it a "blue zone" around a marking, and they consider it a Paint trait for registration classification.

APHA.Com - Color Reguirements

IMO all it really is, is an overlap of the white hair over the dark skin at the border of a marking.

As other post-ers have mentioned, Appaloosas sometimes have a similar type of bordering-- called a halo, around their dark spots-- interestingly, most foals and yearlings with Appaloosa spots don't have halos surrounding them--- it seems to develop later. In other words, just because they don't have halos as a young horse does not mean they won't have them as a mature horse. I wonder if the samething is observed with the blue zone/mapping etc. aound paint/pinto spots?
 
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