| | Read about the genetics behind the color bay in the February issue of America's Horse.  | The color bay is a black-based color, caused by the agouti gene which
limits black to only the horse's points.
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 | A variation of shade: The horse on the left is a light bay. The horse on
the right is a dark bay or brown color.
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 | Okey Dokey Fantasy, owned by Ariel Campos of Mesquite, Texas, is a
medium bay.
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 | Kitchawa Will, owned by Cathy Dewey and Kari Kesner of Wesley Chapel,
Florida, is a red bay with dappling.
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| This filly is a wild bay, which restricts the black points to the fetlocks
and below.
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 | A bay foal.
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 | This foal is a dark bay or brown, but is likely to gray
out as he ages, like his mother. Learn more about
gray in an upcoming issue of America's Horse. |
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