Flea-bitten is used to describe one specific coat marking.
A white or gray horse speckled with reddish brown or black flecks is known as flea-bitten.
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Fleas, much like ticks or mosquitos, live on the blood of other animals such as humans, cats, dogs, or horses and are usually rust colored in appearance.
The term flea-bitten was derived from the comparison of a white horse with flea bites and a white or gray horse with very similar markings.
Breeds With This Coat:[]
The most common horse known to possess this coat color is the Arabian.
It is also really common in Connemaras.
Here is a list of all breeds that have the possibility to be flea-bitten:
- Arabians.
- Connemaras.
- Hanoverians.
- Irish Sport Horses.
- Welsh Ponies.
- Thoroughbreds.
- Quarter Horses.
- Warmbloods.
- Tennessee Walking Horses.
- New Forest Ponies.
- Lusitanos.
- American Saddlebreds.
- Dartmoors.
- Chincoteagues.
- Falabellas.
The list goes on.
As you have probably gathered from this list, there are many breeds that can have this beautiful coat color.
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