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hmmmm.... bay? or chestnut

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This is a horse my friend owns.... she was thinking he's wild bay, but he doesn't look it to me. I'm usually pretty good with colors, but can't put a finger on this one. What do ya'll think?

May not be the best pictures, but this is all she sent me.
 

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My chestnut mare's tail goes from a nice red to an almost black, so I'd say it's completely possible that he could be a chestnut.. but I'm thinking he's something else. We'll have to see what the colour experts say!
 
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Hmm it's really hard to tell from these photos unfortunately. He could be a chestnut with sooty in the mane and tail, or he could be a wild bay with pangare hiding his black points on the legs. However, I can't say either one with certainty from these pics :-(
 
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If the mane and tail are black then the horse is bay........and the actual bay color would be called a bright bay.
Unfortunately, it's not as simple as that. I'm leaning towards chestnut with sooty concentrated in the mane & tail.

Much like this palomino where it is concentrated in just the mane:
 
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I say sooty sorrel like my friend horse Comanche. Notice how he gets lighter at the points (sorrel trait) bays have black points that horse has none.


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Okay, so on the topic of sooty.. as I really have close to zero knowledge on the subject, would my mare have sooty concentrated on the tail?

It starts out red and goes to an almost black.


IMAG0309 by Right Cute Cali, on Flickr

It looks a bit lighter in the picture than it actually is, but it's considerably darker than the top of her tail. Her mane is just the red with numerous black strands.
 
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He is a bay bay have black points on muzzle ears tails hock knees etc even white hairs can cover black skin. what I find odd is in one of the pics if you look at his leg he looks to have zebra markings ( 4th pic down ) Might be me but seems to be that maybe some dun factors in him? who knows hes pretty though.


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