The 2023 Kentucky Derby featured four gray or roan horses: Tapit Trice, Reincarnate, Hit Show and Rocket Can. West Saratoga is the only lighter-colored colt for Derby 150 on Saturday at Churchill ...

This is known as a flea-bitten gray horse. A roan pattern, or “varnish” shows up as white hairs appearing through the base coat color of the horse. Roan horses are born with this coloring.