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caters Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 3:14 am Posts: 7

Bay, right?

Post by caters »

I have determined the color of my horse Bella
as being Bay. Am I right or are there some underlying dilutions and stuff that I just don't see?


EDIT:

Sorry, I linked to the wrong horse. I forgot that the number in the first horse tag is the profile number of the horse.
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Djeraya Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:01 pm Posts: 155

Re: Bay, right?

Post by Djeraya »

profile preview shows a chestnut
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caters Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 3:14 am Posts: 7

Re: Bay, right?

Post by caters »

Sorry I forgot that the number in the first horse tag was the profile number for that horse. I mean this horse: Bella
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Totina Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Mon May 11, 2015 1:35 pm Posts: 794

Re: Bay, right?

Post by Totina »

No, the horse you linked is not bay. It is chestnut. Bay horses have a red/brown coat with black mane and tail as well as black or nearly black legs (some have more black on their legs, others have less black on their legs).
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Djeraya Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:01 pm Posts: 155

Re: Bay, right?

Post by Djeraya »

Yeah the previous link seemed to be to a horse which seemed to have passed away, looks right now, but yes Bella is chestnut like Totina said. The stallion you have bred her to is bay though.
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caters Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 3:14 am Posts: 7

Re: Bay, right?

Post by caters »

Okay. I am not that familiar with horse colors so that is why I thought it was bay. I guess I should look up Arabian Horse color genetics or something.
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Aela Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:19 am Posts: 574

Re: Bay, right?

Post by Aela »

caters wrote:Okay. I am not that familiar with horse colors so that is why I thought it was bay. I guess I should look up Arabian Horse color genetics or something.
If you're looking for places to learn the basics about horse colours, I advise you to check out the blog "Equine Tapestry". There are also several Facebook groups filles with knowledgable people (Equine Color Genetics and Equine Genetics Explained), and a few people on here would probably also be up for explaining the basics :)

This http://www.horseworldonline.net/forum/v ... =13&t=2158 helps when you determine HWO horses' colours :)

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