dapple gray
Mottled equine coat
Dapple gray describes a horse coat pattern featuring a gray base color marked with darker ring-shaped spots, creating a mottled or dappled appearance.
The pattern typically develops as horses age and their coats lighten: a handsome dapple gray mare.
Also used as a noun for a horse with this coloring: She rode a dapple gray.
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- white horseLight-coated equine
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- spottedSeen or patterned
- speckledDotted with small marks
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