Chestnut with black points?

Question

Is it possible to have a chestnut horse with black mane and tail? (Maybe a cross-breed or something.)

Answer 1

That is a bay.. not blood bay just bey. If it is a sandy color, like not red at all then it is a buckskin.

Answer 2

It's called bright bay

Answer 3

I have that color, but depending on the light she almost looks sorrel.  It's gorgeous.

Answer 4

no, a chesnut with black points is not a chesnut.. it's a bay. a chesnut has no black anywhere on it's body but can have darker brown shading

Answer 5

Nope, chestnuts have to have chestnut points, breed has nothing to do with it. It's probably some kind of bay

Answer 6

The black points make the color a bay. Chestnuts have blond or red points.

Answer 7

Do you mean with out black legs.  Because if it has black legs mane and tail with a chestnut body its a blood red bay. They are pretty common.   If you mean with out the black legs, so you would have a chestnut body and legs with a black mane and tail, it is possible.  In my seventeen years of experience i have seen one horse like that. It was at a high school with an equine program.  My teachers were not sure what color to call her, because she really is not a bay, and is  not a chestnut.  The teachers tried to look into it and never founds answer.  It's extremely rear.  

Answer 8

the closest you can get is a bay horse, sorry.

Answer 9

NO.  Just like my DUN Appaloosa gelding whose expired Coggins paper says Chestnut w/spots. Stupid.

Answer 10

That would be considered a blood bay. I have never seen a real coppery colored  horse with dark points though.

Answer 11

A horse with a brown body and black points is a bay. The brown color can range from dark chocolate brown (liver) to bright red (blood).

So, yes, it is possible. It comes about by a mingling of the black gene and the chestnut gene.  

Answer 12

Chestnuts cannot have dark points. They can have darker brown shadings, but not black points. They would be considered bay.

Answer 13

Some consider it a blood bay. However, there are some chestnut colored horse's that do possess the dun factor and while they don't have black points as a buckskin or dun would, their legs, face, and mane and tail will have darker hairs than the base coat.  

Answer 14

Bay or possibly buckskin or dun depending on the shade.