» For more information on the racehorse, see Bayardo (horse)Bayard ("Bayard"'s the French form; in Italian he's known as Baiardo and in Dutch as Beiaard)'s a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the chansons de geste, renowned for his spirit, and possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders. Bayard's a redhead with a heart of gold and the mind of a fox. Bayard first appears as the property of Renaud de Montauban (Italian: Rinaldo) in the Old French twelfth century… (More on Bayard)