-Home-

Horse Information

Horse Articles

Horse Training

Health & Care

Riding & Safety

Horse Breeds

Dictionary

Horse Names

Unusual Q&A

Color Genetics

Horses for Sale

Message Forum

Horse Pictures

Horse Fun!

Free Horse Games

Jokes & Humor

Stories & Poems

Graphics & Clipart

Horse Quotes

Horse Links

About / Contact

Submit Your Writing

Advertise

 

Ollie- QH/grade mix. Owned by Ray Todd.

Since this gene is dominant, obviously a black horse can never carry it. Any black horse carrying the gene will not be black, it will be turned bay. There has been speculation about a 'dominant black' gene, which would be a form of black dominant over Agouti-- this would mean dominant black x black could produce bay-- but a breeding like that has never been confirmed.

The body colors of bays can range from a blood-red to an almost golden or yellow body. Most commonly, however, they are a plain red with dark points.
Bay is a very common color, seen in many breeds throughout the world.

Folklore has portrayed bays as being easy-going, mild, and dependable.
Bay mares were highly prized by the Bedouins of Arabia for war mounts, and all-around horses.
Bay was thought to be the hardiest color.

The Cleveland Bay is a breed of horse that is appropriately named-- the only color they come in is bay.

There are many different terms for different shades, depending on how bright or dark the horse is. Here are some terms generally used when describing bays:

Salto, Hanoverian stallion Owned by Barbara ODay .

Standard Bay: Red body with black points; body does not have any black or smutty coloration.

Blood Bay: Dark blood-red color, sometimes almost purple.

Mahogany bay: Brown red, with some black mixed into coat.

Copper bay: Orange-red body.

Golden bay: Yellowish body.

A Wild bay; Note the black on the legs is restricted and is only visible around the coronet and on the fetlocks.

Wild Bay: a bay with minimal black points; usually black on legs only comes up to fetlocks. Sometimes called a "faded" bay.

 

Seal brown horses are actually caused by the Agouti gene, too, but are considered a different color than bay, because the gene is a different allele than that which causes regular bay (although some breed registries lump seal brown in with bay).

 

 

Bay Horse Photos:

Baileys in Command, AQHA filly owner: KIM MONTGOMERY		Crinoline's Regal Flaire , Morgan gelding Owned by Mary Ellen Holcomb
Two bays that are an orangy-red shade.

 

THE HOTROD LEAGUE , AQHA stallion Owned by Danelle Griffin. A yellowy bay that has some sunfading.

Bulldog Dilly, Thoroughbred gelding Owned by Fairplay Horse and Mule fairplayhorse.com This is a very unusual colored bay. In fact, he could easily be mistaken for a sooty buckskin, but the cream gene is very rare in Thoroughbreds, and I've seen other photos of him when he isn't so golden and looks like a regular bay; in this photo he is sunfaded.