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Chestnut horses with a whitish or almost white hair in the mane and tail are called flaxen chestnuts (Photos ssss1&ssss1). The mane and tail usually change shade with seasons and can become lighter or darker, depending on the individual animal. I discuss flaxen chestnuts and specific information about heredity in more detail on ssss1.

It is extremely rare to encounter chestnut horses with brown, dark brown, or black color of the mane and tail, and it may be indicative of false red dun (see ssss1 and photos ssss1 & ssss1). This version of chestnut color is characteristic of the Karabakh, Russian Don, and Budyonny breeds. In addition, many Russian Don and Budyonny horses develop a golden gloss to their hair.

The darkest version of chestnut color is called liver chestnut (ssss1). The mane and tail can be yellowish, the same shade as the horse’s torso, or almost black. This color can be distinguished from dark bay by the body and legs—they are black in a bay (see ssss1). There is also a very rare shade of dark liver chestnut color, which can be confused with black. In this case the tail and mane can range from white, to vivid red, to the same color as the horse’s trunk. This color can be found in Morgan horses, for example. Such horses can be identified as chestnut with the aid of DNA analysis.