Bright bays!

[millyspaniel]

How do you define a true bright bay?
I class my mare as bright bay, now shes been clipped she looks very orangey under her fur as aposed to my friends bay who is a greyish dark skin colour.
Can i see your pics of bright bays!

 

[brightmount]

Our horse who is currently out on loan is a bright bay, and her coat varies hugely. When we got her she was a greyish bay. When she is clipped, her skin is greyish, and her winter coat is a mid brown. In the summer though she goes chestnut with a lovely copper sheen. Sorry no pictures, but I just wanted to make the point that bright bays can look like different horses at different times of the year.

 

[millyspaniel]

I totally agree! my mare looks really bright now she has her winter coat. In the summer she goes a chestnut colour too

 

[Louby]

My friends horse is what I would say is a bright bay. He shimmers in the sun in the summer, almost 'fish like'

 

[miss_c]

Genie's passport says she's bright bay, I think she's more mahogany bay... When she's clipped she goes a lovely coffee colour....

Genie in summer:

Genie clipped out in winter:

 

[Golden_Match_II]

on Tam's passport it says she's a bright bay:

 

[daisalph]

My 6 1/2 month foal could be bright or dark or mahogany. Mare is bright, stallion dark and he is mainly toffee coloured but with darker hair coming through on his chest and shoulders and around his eyes. How long do they take to make up their mind?!

 

[KatB]

My mare is bright bay. She's a proper "Amber" brown in the summer and her coat has a gold sheen to it

When she is clipped, she goes orangey too

 

[_daisy_]

Chantin is classed as bright bay on her passport:

and when shes clipped

 

[Scheherezade]

P can be very orangey depending on time of year:

 

[daisalph]

Yes I'd say they were both bright bays and beautiful with it. I hope my foal stays bright but his chest has quite a bit of dark hair coming in. Anyone had a bright bay from a foal and logged the changes of colour?

 

[only_me]

IMO i think bright bays change colour as the season goes on

In summer merlin is a bright bay -

In winter he is dark bay:

the orange tone - sometimes in summer the sun bleaches the coat? I think thats what you mean -

 

[_daisy_]

yes ive got pics from when i agreed to buy her (think she was 6 wks old) right up to date-
1day

4wk

6wks

3 months

11 months

2yrs

3yrs

4yrs

5yrs


6yrs

7yrs

 

[Spyda]

My 1999 homebred TB mare was bright bay

In summer:

Clipped in winter:

And her 2007 filly is also bright bay

At 3 months old

At 11 months old

At 14 months, indoor lighting:

 

[daisalph]

He's gorgeous! Thanks for that. I do think my boy is bright bay after all.

 

[daisalph]

She is so lovely. What breed? Did you show her? Her colour at 3 months is exactly what my boy looks like now so I can see he'll stay bright bay. Thank you for doing this.

 

[3Beasties]

I think Charlie is a bright bay

Clipped

 

[criso]

Frankie is varies depending on time of year. He's 7 now and I've had him 2 years.
His winter coat is really rich conker coloured mahogany bay then in spring as he loses his coat he goes really dark for a few weeks and looks like he will go dark bay but then that lightens

His passport says dark bay so I assume he looked quite dark when that was done.

Late spring/early summer
He lightened a bit more from this

 

[daisalph]

He's another lovely example of the colour. I love him.