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Text below written, and pictures provided, by Bettye Roberts, except where noted."Mestana is the mare who produced this line. Big Indian is her son by a dun stallion named Little Indian. Silverado is her son by dun stallion Steens Kiger. Flash and Casper are the offspring of Silverado. Mestana never turned grey and died at age 13. Indian never turned gray. When I asked about Silverado, who is now 7, the owner said that not only had he not turned grey, but was developing some darker patches. I wondered if this could have meant that some 'corn' (you know what I mean) spots were appearing due to roan being involved."(Note from webmaster: I saw Silverado in 2001 and he looked exactly like a grey.. .the darker spots were looked like "flea bites". I took a photo. It is highly unlikely that Mestana did not turn grey as formerly believed [i.e. she apparently was a grey Kiger.])"Casper was born from a dun mare with an almost white body coat, however his head was dun with roan hairs in it. He is three this year and has not changed yet. His foal, B.A. (from a dun mare) was born very very light dun, but is shedding out to be lighter, whitish, underneath. His foal dorsal was originally reddish brown but when he sheds it will be black like Casper's. Not to say there is no grey involved, but I even asked my vet and he said "no", emphatically. Here's the pics I have, and you have seen Flash recently. As you know, it is very difficult to get photographs to capture color with refined accuracy. I also included a picture of Silverado's 1999 daughter produced when bred to a grulla mare."In this chart, "zebra dun" means a "regular" dun, which is one or two dun genes on a bay base. Captions by BarK
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