Sock

A sock is white reaching from the hoof to about halfway up the cannon.

Sock: A sock is white reaching from the hoof to about halfway up the cannon.

How do you recognise this marking?

White running up from the hoof over the fetlock to about the lower half of the cannon bone.

Where
On the legs

More about this marking

The sock (also half-stocking or half-cannon) lies between the pastern marking and the stocking. White that reaches higher, up to the knee or hock, is called a stocking.

What is it often confused with?

  • Pastern

    A pastern marking is white reaching to the top of the pastern, below the fetlock.

  • Stocking

    A stocking is white reaching up to the knee or hock.

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Sources: USDA APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation Program · Sponenberg, D.P. & Bellone, R.R. (Wiley-Blackwell).