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Originally Posted by Celeste In my area, a brown (all shades of brown whether red or true brown) horse with black points is a bay. Apparently it depends on the breed whether you call it bay or brown.
Terms could also be different in different locations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_(horse)
"Some breed registries (including the Jockey Club Thoroughbred registry) use the term "brown" to describe dark bays." |
While this used to be the case, since using the term 'brown' went out of fashion, as Quixotic said, they have now isolated the gene that causes brown. On a genetic level, the horse is different. It is no longer a location thing, like sorrel and chestnut still is. Sorrel and chestnut are genetically the same - bay and brown are not.