The white displayed takes the form of flecks and patches of white on the body in patterns similar to the overo pattern but is much more ragged and irregular. Exceedingly white sabinos maintain colored ears, a chest patch and maybe a colored patch on the flank and base of tail. Extensively marked horses have a pattern of white hairs that seems to extend out from the flank as well as numberous white hairs at the base of the tail. The edges of the white areas are crisp and distinct like tobiano spots, but the head is largely white, and varying extents of the belly are white. The eyes are commonly blue.
Some blankets have roan edges, blending into the colored areas.
Other blankets are solid white and sharply defined, and still others blend into the colored areas with flecks of white hairs. Many blankets show characteristics of all three and is difficult to cleanly separate the types. These spots can vary in size. This pattern will likely change with the age of the horse, since many are born solid and develop this pattern later in life. It begins with small spots that grow into the coat of a colored horse.