i have a horse and im not sure what she is. she looks like a bay,and ive been told she is.?

Question

she has all the markings of a bay, but one of her legs is white, not dark brown like the others. what is she?

ok, what if the horse has white sox and it is at his knee's. the socks are about one and a half hands away from the hoof, and dont go past the shoulder. they are all the same color, and my horse is dark brown. ive never seen another horse like this.

Answer 1

Depending on how far up the white comes up (over the hock or knee) she may be a solid bay paint..
Also, there are no such thing as black socks on bays, these are called points and they are the determining factor in identifying bays..

In response to you edit:

1.A sock extends only half way up the front or hind cannons.
So your horse, can be ruled out as having a sock.

2.A stocking will start at the coronet and go only to the knee or hock. Not the center or above. Anything above are just white markings and your horse would fall into the category of a solid paint meaning no white on the body other than the legs and face.

A typical bay, will have a redish to brownish body coloring, and will have black legs, mane and tail, and forelock (again these are called points.)

Answer 2

Actually, the body color is NOT the only thing that determines if a horse is bay or not!

To be a BAY she needs to have a reddish brown body and black points -- muzzle, legs, mane, tail and the tips of her ears must be black. She can have white markings, including socks -- as long as there is some BLACK between the white sock and the brown part of her leg.

If the white on her leg comes up above her knee or hock and there is no black on that leg, then she is probably a Paint, even if she doesn't have spots.

If her points are dark brown, not black, then she's NOT a Bay. Again, she's probably a Paint or maybe even an Appaloosa.

She sounds pretty, no mater WHAT color she is!

Answer 3

Well if she is a dark brown she is a bay, even if she has one white leg (which is called a sock, the white part), or 4 white legs. It's the main color of the horse that is the color they are called. It is not the breed though. Horses can have white socks, black legs and the main body color is dark brown, light brown ect...hope that helps.

Answer 4

If she is dark brown then she is a bay-- The socks doesnt matter as long as there are no spots or patches of another color on any other place of her body or else she techinically be classified as a paint or a pinto or maybe even an appaloosa. Many horses have leg markings that aren't paints.pintos.appys etc....! Remeber though, BAY is a color not a breed--

Answer 5

Your horse is a bay...I have one and it has white socks all around.....If the color is dark brown, its a bay.

Answer 6

Bay is a color of horse, just like having socks is a color.
What breed is she? She might be a Quarter Horse, or something else. If she came with pedigree papers, read those, and you'll know.

Answer 7

She is a bay because even if she has a white sock she still is a bay.

Answer 8

Bay is not a breed of a horse. Bay is a color. The breed depends on her linage

Answer 9

Can you post a photo?

If she's a bay, she will have a brown or reddish body color, but will have black points-- her lower legs (except for any socks or stockings) will be black. She will have black skin/hair on her muzzle, lips, and tips of her ears and her mane and tail will be black. A bay's base color is red and black.

If her body color is a shade of brown but she doesn't have black points, then she is a chestnut or sorrel. A sorrel/chestnut will have red as a base color, but no black.

What breed of horse is she? Different registries will occasionally have different names for different colors. The largest discrepancies between breeds' colors seem to be between chestnut and sorrel, and between dun and buckskin.

Here's a link to a basic horse color site: http://www.equusite.com/articles/basics/basicsColors.shtml

Answer 10

if she is a dark brown with dark points (i.e muzzle hocks and knees) then she is a dark bay with white stockings, if she is light brown with a dark muzzle but no other dark points then she is a light bay with stockings, she is only a skewbald (paint horse) if the white on her leg goes above her hock or knee. hope this helps?