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Stale old joke involving golden-brown horse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chestnut

This clue is a quadruple definition!!

'stale old joke' is the first definition.
(an old chestnut is an old joke)

'involving' acts as a link.

'golden' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'brown' is the third definition.
(shade of brown)

'horse' is the fourth definition.
(I know that chestnut is a type of horse)

(Other definitions for chestnut that I've seen before include "Horse coat colour" , "Reddish-brown colour" , "Tree - reddish-brown" , "Old story" , "Laughably predictable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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