Chestnuts- Sorrels

Is it a chestnut colored horse or a sorrel? How do you tell the difference? Do the English riders only ride chestnuts while Western riders ride sorrels? People of one registry refer to red horses with no black points as a chestnut while other registries refer to them as sorrels. There is not much consistency in usage. Geneticists refer to them as red.
Chestnut/sorrels range from yellowish-red to bright or deep red to red brown to liver colored. They never have black manes and tails but they can be dark, mixed colors or flaxen.
Sunny is sandwiched between her two grey friends.

Tawny is a typical chestnut/sorrel with no black points.
Muddy Amira is with her pal bay Tess.

Bonita has the flaxen mane and tail.

Levi is a bright color with an interest in everything.

Bobbie also has the flaxen mane and tail. Actually, she's a registered Paint. Quincy has white markings.

Smoke is listed as a sorrel on his registration papers. He's a Quarter Horse.

Charles is a sorrel, too.
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