What is this wild type bay that you speak of?
Well, a wild type bay horse is a bay that has the black restricted to the mane and tail, and only a little on the legs. It's abbreviated by A+.
A+ is a different kind of agouti gene, but it still is agouti. Because A+ is dominant, even if the other copy of agouti is just a normal old A the horse will still show up as A+. Wild type bays are fairly uncommon; I've never personally seen one.
Wild type bays are typically a lighter color. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean that all lighter colored bays are wild type! There is a difference. Here's a good question: Is the horse below a wild type bay?
The correct answer would be no, probably not. While the legs may be covered up with white, you can still see that his hocks are black. Besides, he is a very average shade of bay, and not particularly light.
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