Bay (horse) facts for kids

A bay horse is a horse who is reddish brown with black legs, mane and tail.

Images for kids

The horses of the New South Wales Mounted Police show some of the typical variations in the bay color.
A partially body-clipped horse, showing the two-toned red hair shaft.
This foal was born bay but is starting to turn gray
Bay foals, like this one, sometimes have pale hairs on their legs and in their mane and tail until they shed their foal coats
Some bay horses have a faint dorsal stripe, which may be caused by the non-dun 1 allele.