Chestnut (horse color)
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Chestnut is a hair coat color of horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat. Chestnut is characterized by the absolute absence of true
A chestnut horse
A chestnut horse with white markings
A liver chestnut
This light, flaxen, mealy chestnut Haflinger might be mistaken for a palomino
Bay (horse)
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Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown or brown body color with a black point coloration on the mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat
Chestnut (horse color)
…black skin, and typically are some shade of red or reddish brown. The mane, tail, and legs may be lighter or darker than the body coat, but unlike the bay they are never truly black. Like any other color of horse, chestnuts may have pink skin with white hair where there are white markings, and if such…
A bay mare
The horses of the New South Wales Mounted Police show some of the typical variations in the bay color.
A very dark bay horse might appear to be almost black
Dark bay or "brown" horses often have lighter hair around the muzzle, eyes, flanks, and elbow