Bay Color Modifier
Perhaps one of the most well known horse colors, the bay comes in a variety of different shades and can be identified by their black points (mane, tail and legs).
A bay horse is an animal with a black base affected by the Agouti gene which controls the distribution of black hair to points and topline. This gene only affects a black base because chestnut hides the Agouti gene.
Bay Modifier
- A dominant color
- Common in all breeds
- Red body ranging from light to dark with black points
- Wild bay is a rare subtype with black legs that only extend up to pastern or fetlock
Different Bay Shades
There are a variety of different bay colors and they fall under these general categories.
Black Bay
Image from Rror
Mahagony Bay
Image from Martin_Bahmann
Blood Bay
Standard Bay
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Light Bay
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Bay Dilutions
A bay base can produce the following colors when diluted.
Bay or Zebra Dun
Bay horse with a dun modifying gene
Image from Podargus
Buckskin
Bay horse with a cream modifying gene
Image from Rozpravka
Perlino
Bay horse with a double dose of the cream modifying gene
Image from Arsdelicata
Amber Champagne
Bay horse with a champagne modifying gene
Image from Kersti_Nebelsiek
Silver Bay
Bay horse with a silver modifying gene
Image from Philipendula
Bay Modifications
A bay base can produce the following colors when modified.
Mealy / Pangare
Bay horse with a mealy / pangare modifying gene
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Sooty / Smutty
Bay horse with a sooty / smutty modifying gene
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White Patterns
Bay horses produce the following white patterns.
Appaloosa
Bay horse with a appaloosa white pattern
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Skewbald Pinto / Paint
Bay horse with a paint / pinto white pattern
Image from Borsi112
Bay Roan
Bay horse with a roan white pattern