Bay or Brown?

[Anne]

As I go to fill in a dressage registration form for one of our horses, I realise that though I've always thought of him as bay, he's probably brown....

What say the DDBB?

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[Fatcat]

Dark bay. My mare is even darker and is registered as a dark bay.

[PaulaO]

Dark bay.

[KathyK]

Black mane, tail, and points. Looks bay to me.

[piedmontfields]

Bay! (dark bay)

Pretty

[Chisamba]

agree with everyone above.

[Anne]

Thanks for all the opinions!

I was leaning towards brown after reading this website:
http://colorgenetics.info/equine/pictor ... -and-black

Their description of brown fits in terms of his legs being black above the knee/hock, his light brown/fawn muzzle and flanks, and the 'shadow' of black along his top line.

[Tarlo Farm]

Nope. Dark Bay. Beautiful!

[Backyarder3]

bay!

[zevida]

I think he is brown, but that's often registered as "dark bay or brown."

[M&M]

I was going to say bay, but after reading the info at your link, I would definitely now say brown.

[Tsavo]

In reference to that article, I'd like to know how they distinguish between bay+sooty+pangare on the one hand and brown on the other.

[Chisamba]

http://colorgenetics.info/equine/enigmatic-brown-horse

[Chisamba]

I would xheck with your registry. Many do not differentiate but if they do they may have their own definition.

[Racetrackreject]

Bay. My Basco is brown, and in contrary to that webpage, most all brown horses I know have brown "bay" markings, not truly black, and many of them have had genetic testing for brown.