Softcover. 368 pages

Includes appendices, bibliography, index.

Reference for the breeder and a broadly based account for the equine historian. Describes the origin of painted horses in ancient times, their movement across Europe, their arrival in the Americas, and their acceptance in the 1960s as a distinctive breed. Discusses breed characteristics, bloodlines, and color patterns. Genetic principles involved in breeding authentic Paints, and descriptions and charts of markings of the tobiano, the overo, the criollo, and the Paint cropout.