what is a roan horse

A roan horse is a horse with a coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points" - lower legs, mane, and tail - are mostly solid-colored). The white hairs are fairly evenly distributed throughout the coat of the main body, with non-roaned heads and points. Roan horses can have different base coat colors, such as chestnut, bay, or black. The roan pattern is common in various horse breeds, including European draft breeds, North American breeds, British ponies, Icelandic horses, Miniature horses, Trakehners, American Saddlebreds, and the Hokkaido Pony of Japan).