What is the difference between a paint horse a pinto horse? Simply put, when someone talks about a Paint horse<\/strong>, they are talking about a breed. But when someone talks about a pinto horse<\/strong>, they are talking about a color. <\/p>\n Paint horses have a specific stock-type body type and are closely related to the American Quarter Horse. To register a horse with the American Paint Horse Association, both the sire and the dam must be registered paint horses but pinto – is not required! The APHA has a special "breeding stock" division for Paint Horse who lack pinto -.<\/p>\n Pinto horses, however, may be of any breed or type, because the word "Pinto" simply refers to color. A Saddlebred, for example, may be a Pinto, but could never be a Paint. Pinto horses come in all shapes and sizes. A color-based registry has opened for Pinto horses. Instead of breeding being the qualifier for registry, color is. Any non-draft, non appaloosa colored may join the Pinto Horse Association of America.<\/p>\n So as you can see, the difference is that while most Paints are pintos, only some pintos are paints!<\/p>\n At first it seems the difference between paint and pinto is confusing, but as you can see with this explaination, the difference is really not too difficult to understand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"