Editing Color breed (section)

==Color breeding==
Some horse breeds exclude certain colors that are considered signs of a crossbred animal. For example, other than the [[sabino horse|Sabino]] pattern and some recently discovered [[dominant white]] alleles in horses with DNA-verified parentage, the [[Arabian horse]] registry excludes all spotted horses. The [[Finnhorse]] was also bred for decades to exclude all colors but chestnut, and specifically to remove such "fancy" colors as roans, grays and spotted (sabino), which were seen as indicators of foreign blood, though that policy has now changed, as for some particular colors, this might hold true - for example, all present gray Finnhorses can be traced back to a certain gray mare of dubious pedigree. 

Due to DNA verification of parentage, today many mainstream breed registries that once excluded certain coat colors will now accept them as long as the animal can be proved pureblooded.  Many colors are specifically bred for.