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Dark spots around the hoof on a pony's white legs are called ermine spots. They're a type of occluding spots. Ermine spots can occur on any leg that is white and are a form of occluding spots. Ermine spots cause a hoof to be striped.

Ermine spots on a brown tobiano.

Tuffer Than Leather (Reggae Cowboy x Crimson and Clover)
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Ermine spots on a black tobiano.

Misty's Irish Mist (Cezanne x Misty's Black Mist)
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Ermine spots on one leg and the other without on a bay tobiano.

Misty's Hurricane Izzy (Misty II's Henry x Stars Black Velvet)
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Ermine spots on a bay tobiano.

Misty's Thunderstorm (Misty's Irish Mist x Peaches and Cream)
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Ermine spots with belton spots on a bay tobiano.

Cyclone II (Nightmist x Pryor's Sea Breeze)
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