Comments on: What’s the Difference Between a Paint Horse and a Pinto?

By: Shooter

Shooter — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:07:20 +0000

Also keep in mind that a horse registered with the Pinto Horse Association that is not already registered or eligible to be registered with the APHA cannot be registered with the APHA. However, a horse registered with the APHA is eligible to be registered with the Pinto Horse Association as long as it is not a sold bred paint horse. We had an APHA paint that was double registered in both the APHA and PHAA. He actually won a youth barrel racing world championship at both association’s World Shows during that time.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:42:24 +0000

In reply to Galadriel.

Paint is a breed, while pinto is a color. The word “paint” is just short for the word “American Paint,” which is a breed. They say that pinto is a breed, when really pinto is a color breed. A color breed is a color that refers to any true breed. So no matter the breed, the horse could be any color.

(Why do people fight over the strangest things?!)

By: Greg Mitchell

Greg Mitchell — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:27:31 +0000

There’s a small town in north central Texas named Pinto. Passing by the sign on the interstate, I made a mental note to find out why that name. Haven’t yet.

By: Erik1986

Erik1986 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:04:45 +0000

Both paint and pinto are “just a color.” The difference being that paints are restricted to horses of QH and TB breeding, whereas a pinto could be ASB, a pony, a half-Arabian, etc. I have yet to have anyone credibly explain what “breed characteristic” differentiates a paint from its QH and TB predecessors. The registry – and that’s what it is, a registry – was started for QHs displaying what was at the time unacceptable amounts of white and therefore not registered with AQHA. So….now AQHA will accept such horses, so a horse can be simultaneously a QH and a Paint….so how can “Paint” he a separate breed.

By: Sharon Newkirk

Sharon Newkirk — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:23:26 +0000

In reply to Sharon D. Bowen. I have to disagree with you. Paints became a breed because the QH breeders tried to produce more white in the pleasure show horses to get the judges attention. You can't win if the judge doesn't see you. In A shows you have entries of quite a few sometimes they even have to run 3 or 4 classes than take the winners and go again to pick the end winner. So what happened was they came up with quality horses that couldn't be reistered in QH because of the white restrictions at the time. EX: white couldn't be larger than a quarter, couldn't go higher than the knee or hock, or beyond the eyes. So the American Paint horse Assoc was established.

By: Sharon D. Bowen

Sharon D. Bowen — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 19:31:07 +0000

In reply to Cat. Paints started out as pinto QH's that the breed registry rejected because Native Americans liked them or Native Americans acquired them because the QH people didn't like them because they thought they were inferior. This is ancient history. Paints became a registry recently for stock horse types that happened to be PINTOS but the QH registry would not have them. Paints were never a separate actual BREED from QH's. Lately the QH folks have reversed their rejection and accepted pintos (Paints) into their registry mainly because all the Paints had QH's in their background.

By: Gail Schepp

Gail Schepp — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:20:28 +0000

In reply to Anna. A PAINT IS a BREED.

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:01:05 +0000

In reply to Anna. The article says that Paints are a breed, you're disagreeing with that?

By: cynthia shinn

cynthia shinn — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:37:31 +0000

I was glad to read your information so many people want to call any horse with a pinto/type coat patterns as a breed.The pinto is a horse of different breed types with a spotted/colorful coat pattern(except appaloosas).I am glad I found out the correct information and have proof I had the correct information. When you want to sell a pinto color type you need to let the buyers know what possible breed the horse is!!

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:15:35 +0000

Very interesting and I learned something new from it. In the UK coloured horses (as we call them) come as black and white being a piebald, brown/chestnut and white being a skewbald and if all three colours a pinto. All of these must have a mainly white background. We also call grey and white blue and rose coloured and white a red. So yeah all very complicated…Lol xx