liver chestnut

Sometimes a liver chestnut is also simply called "brown".

The best-known is a liver chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail.

In horses, dark liver chestnut is a chocolate-colored chestnut horse.

All coat colors are acceptable, but liver chestnut with a flaxen mane is particularly common and popular.

The darkest liver chestnuts often have a kind of marbling on the lower legs, though this hair, too, should show red or yellow tones.

However, true seal browns have black points, while liver chestnuts do not.

Even dark liver chestnuts do not have any true black pigment in their coats.

Together, they can determine that a horse that appears visually black is not actually a dark bay or liver chestnut.

The palest can be mistaken for bays or liver chestnuts, especially if exposed to the elements.

Seal brown and/or dark bay horses are not chestnut but may be confused with a liver chestnut.