Examples of common features

Blazes Icelandic: Blesóttur Description: The horse has a white line down it's face Medium chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, and blaze. Ţór from Langhúsum. Š-LUKKA Blćr from Keldulandi. Dark chestnut with light mane and blaze. Š-LUKKA Sometimes the blaze can be very broad, as on this mare (breiđblesóttur). There is a theory that this might be a sabino gene working, but it the presence of sabino has not been prooved in icelandics. Gleđi from Langhúsum. Š-LUKKA Sometimes the blaze can be very narrow. Then it's called a comet (halastjarna). Svađilfari from Hólkoti. Š-LUKKA A black horse with a narrow blaze. Blazes are rare on black Icelandic horses. Š-LUKKA Stars Icelandic: Stjörnótt Description: The horse has a white spot on it's forehead. A big star. Fleygur from Reykjarhóli. Š-LUKKA Snips Icelandic: Nösótt Description: The horse has a white spot between the nostrils and the lip. A big star. Fleygur from Reykjarhóli. Š-LUKKA A black horse with a snip. Eva from Langhúsum. Š-LUKKA Socks Icelandic: Sokki Description: One or more socks on the legs. A black horse with two socks. Socks are not common on icelandic horses, and most horses with socks are pinto. This horse is not pinto but has one big and clear sock, and one smaller. The mare's name is Kyssa. Š-Janet Westminster. Leg-stripes Icelandic: Kengálótt Description: The horse has black stripes on the upper part of the forelegs, or all legs. Such stripes can be on bay dun and blue dun horses, sometimes there are red such stripes on yellow duns. Stripes on the legs of a blue dun. Š-Ómar Runólfsson Sclera Icelandic: Hringeygur, ćgishjálmur Description: Sclera. The horse has a white or blue ring around the iris. When a horse has blue eyes, it usually also has a broad blaze or a big white pinto spot on it's face. It happens though that a horse without white markings has some white in an eye. A sclera (hringeygur). Š-LUKKA Sclera Icelandic: Vagl Description: Sclera, glass eye. The horse has a white or blue ring area in the shape of a new moon. It does not circle around the iris. Can appear without the horse having any other white markings. A sclera (vagl). Š-LUKKA Swirls Icelandic: Sveipur. Such a swirl at the base of the neck are called sundfjađrir. Description: Swirls. It causes the short hair on the horse to go in waves. A mare with two swirls on the forehead, between the eyes. Nanna from Rythmhill. Š- Cheryl Shelton Dapples Healthy coat dapples. Can be seen on all colors, but are not very obvious. Can often be best seen in sunshine, on horses in good nutritional condition. Are not seen on horses that are changing coats or horses that don't have a shiny coat. Are very obvious on many silver dapple horses. Blíđa from Barđi. Š- LUKKA Bend or spots Bend Or spots. Can be seen on some chestnuts, these are like bay or liver chestnut spots on a chestnut base color. Blćr from Keldulandi. Š- LUKKA BACK TO COLORS

Blazes

Icelandic: Blesóttur
Description: The horse has a white line down it's face

Medium chestnut with flaxen mane and tail, and blaze. Ţór from Langhúsum.
Š-LUKKA

Blćr from Keldulandi. Dark chestnut with light mane and blaze.
Š-LUKKA

Sometimes the blaze can be very broad, as on this mare (breiđblesóttur). There is a theory that this might be a sabino gene working, but it the presence of sabino has not been prooved in icelandics. Gleđi from Langhúsum.
Š-LUKKA

Sometimes the blaze can be very narrow. Then it's called a comet (halastjarna). Svađilfari from Hólkoti.
Š-LUKKA

A black horse with a narrow blaze. Blazes are rare on black Icelandic horses.
Š-LUKKA

Stars

Icelandic: Stjörnótt
Description: The horse has a white spot on it's forehead.

A big star. Fleygur from Reykjarhóli.
Š-LUKKA

Snips

Icelandic: Nösótt
Description: The horse has a white spot between the nostrils and the lip.

A big star. Fleygur from Reykjarhóli.
Š-LUKKA

A black horse with a snip. Eva from Langhúsum.
Š-LUKKA

Socks

Icelandic: Sokki
Description: One or more socks on the legs.

A black horse with two socks. Socks are not common on icelandic horses, and most horses with socks are pinto. This horse is not pinto but has one big and clear sock, and one smaller. The mare's name is Kyssa.
Š-Janet Westminster.

Leg-stripes

Icelandic: Kengálótt
Description: The horse has black stripes on the upper part of the forelegs, or all legs. Such stripes can be on bay dun and blue dun horses, sometimes there are red such stripes on yellow duns.

Stripes on the legs of a blue dun.
Š-Ómar Runólfsson

Sclera

Icelandic: Hringeygur, ćgishjálmur
Description: Sclera. The horse has a white or blue ring around the iris. When a horse has blue eyes, it usually also has a broad blaze or a big white pinto spot on it's face. It happens though that a horse without white markings has some white in an eye.

A sclera (hringeygur).
Š-LUKKA

Sclera

Icelandic: Vagl
Description: Sclera, glass eye. The horse has a white or blue ring area in the shape of a new moon. It does not circle around the iris. Can appear without the horse having any other white markings.

A sclera (vagl).
Š-LUKKA

Swirls

Icelandic: Sveipur. Such a swirl at the base of the neck are called sundfjađrir.
Description: Swirls. It causes the short hair on the horse to go in waves.

A mare with two swirls on the forehead, between the eyes. Nanna from Rythmhill.
Š- Cheryl Shelton

Dapples

Healthy coat dapples. Can be seen on all colors, but are not very obvious. Can often be best seen in sunshine, on horses in good nutritional condition. Are not seen on horses that are changing coats or horses that don't have a shiny coat. Are very obvious on many silver dapple horses. Blíđa from Barđi.

Š- LUKKA

Bend or spots

Bend Or spots. Can be seen on some chestnuts, these are like bay or liver chestnut spots on a chestnut base color. Blćr from Keldulandi.

Š- LUKKA

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