Which Horse breeds come in Roan?

Club breed standards describe Roan for the American Saddlebred, Anglo-Arabian, Arabian, Ardennes, Clydesdale, Connemara Pony, Criollo, Dartmoor Pony, Morgan, Shetland Pony, Shire and Standardbred, and 2 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Roan?

At least one club disqualifies Roan in the Percheron.

Horse pattern

Roan

White hairs evenly intermingled with the coloured hairs of the body while head and legs stay darker: roan horses and cattle, blue roan Cocker Spaniels.

24 Horse breeds list Roan. It is in a club standard for 14 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.

Breeds whose standards accept Roan

Breed	ASHBA	ARABIAN HA	UECRA	CLYDESDALE HS	CPBS	ACCC	ABCCC	DARTMOOR PS	AMHA	SPSBS	SHIRE HS	USTA	TWHBEA	WPCS
American Saddlebred	Standard (“roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Anglo-Arabian	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Arabian	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ardennes	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“rouan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Clydesdale	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“roans”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Connemara Pony	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“bay roan / strawberry roan / blue roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Criollo	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“se aceptan todos los pelajes”)	Standard (“infinidade de pelagens, com exceção da pintada e albina total”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dartmoor Pony	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Morgan	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Shetland Pony	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roans”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Shire	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“roan”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Standardbred	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tennessee Walking Horse	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling
Welsh Pony	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)

Breeds where Roan is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	SHPF
Percheron	Disqualifying (“Les autres robes”)
Barb	No ruling
Belgian Draft	No ruling
Hackney	No ruling
Missouri Fox Trotter	No ruling
Mustang	No ruling
Paso Fino	No ruling
Peruvian Paso	No ruling
Selle Français	No ruling
Trakehner	No ruling

Color changes

How Roan can appear or change over an animal's life.

Solidchanges toRoan
Coat · With age

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