Fantastic Colors of Horses

Fantastic Colors of Horses By Michelle Higdon Horses come in all shapes, sizes and colors – a lot like people.  In the horse world, there are many different colors of horses.  The three most common colors are bay, chestnut, and gray. Chance, pictured below, is a bay horse.  A horse with a bay coat is usually dark brown but the colors can go from light brown to dark brown.  Most of the time, a bay horse has a black mane and tail, and the bottoms of their legs are usually black.  Chance’s mane and tail are both black. Sparky, below, is a chestnut horse with a white blaze on his face.  A chestnut horse is usually reddish-colored with no black marks anywhere on the body.  Their manes and tails are the same color as their coats or maybe a little lighter. ...

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