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Sooty
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Sooty, occasionally called Smutty, Coloring

Many if not most horses have this aspect of what is most likely a form of natural camouflage, consisting of a layer of black or other dark hairs over the center line of the back, the hips, the shoulders and sometimes other parts of body, as well as the mane & tail.

 

 

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