It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked shikal among horses. Shikal is (a horse) that has white on its right hind leg and its left foreleg, or white on its right foreleg and its left hind leg.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12894
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of horses are the black ones whose forehead and upper lip are white, with white on three legs and the right foreleg free (of white). If it is not black, then a kumayt with the same markings, that is, black tinged with red, or one whose tail and mane are black and the rest red."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12895
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you intend to go on a military expedition, buy a black horse with a white blaze and white legs (panch kalyan); you will gain spoils and remain safe."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12896
Sayyiduna Abu Wahb al-Jushami (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to every dark red (kumayt) horse with a white blaze and white legs, or a reddish-yellow (ashqar) one with a white blaze and white legs, or one with a white nose (artham) and white legs."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12897
Sayyiduna Abu Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to the reddish-yellow (ashqar) horse with a white blaze and white legs, or a dark red (kumayt) one with a white blaze." Muhammad (bin Muhajir) says: I asked him: Why did he give preference to the ashqar? He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent out an expedition, and the first person who came with (news of) the victory was the rider of an ashqar horse.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12898
It is narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The blessing of horses lies in their reddish-yellow (chestnut) colour."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12899
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to call the female among horses "faras."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12900
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no Arab horse except that every day it is permitted two supplications. It says: 'O Allah, You have entrusted me to whomever You have entrusted me among the children of Adam, so make me among the most beloved of his family and wealth to him.'"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12901