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Dun markings
There are quite a few markings* that dun horses have in common.
Some have one or two of them; some have all of these, below, and more.
Click the thumbnail photos, below, to see full size.
| Almost every horse that is even suspected of being a dun has a dorsal
stripe. This one is very strong; wide, and with the
horizontal, or *transverse*, prongs known
as "fishboning". "Dorsal" means along the back, between mane and
tail. The color and other characteristics vary according to the
horse's other color genes, etc. This mare is the (sadly, deceased) Charm
of Karisma Kigers. |
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markings are the next thing we look for. These are typical front legs with "barring". It can also appear as
blocky, ladder-rung-like "barring", zig-zagged
finer striping, or even smudges/ mottling. Same mare/farm as above. |
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| A very fine example of eye markings on HIGH COUNTRY
FIREDANCE, courtesy of Karisma
Kigers |
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| Somewhat unusual hock markings on
Karisma
Dun in Diamonds, Karisma
Kigers. |
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| Face mask. This lady has an upper AND lower, nice dark
mask. Karisma
Diamonds of Intrigue, 2002 Dun Kiger Filly. Sire: Cherokee
Dam: FireDance
(above), Karisma
Kigers |
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| Shoulder barring and dorsal stripe (interrupted) on
Marjena Bass' stallion Go Copper Glo.
El Duc, owned by Springwater Station Kigers;
great
shoulder and neck markings.
For some unusual neck (and other) markings, see
http://www.zohararabians.com/mohave-markings/index.htm
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| Cobwebbing - coming
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 Ear
barring - Missouri Fox Trotter stallion, "It Must Be
Dun", owned by Elizabeth Kopplow of Lazy
K Bar Ranch. Notice that
halfway down the length of these ears they have a wide, dark
"bar" |
   Body Colors
: many folks are sure they "know what a dun looks like"; this page
hopefully will enlarge all of our horizons a bit further. |
 Mane & tail frosting: this is not
exclusively a dun trait. If you are interested in studying it, many non-dun
dilutions such as buckskins do have it, and the late mare with the dorsal and leg markings in
the top 2 pictures did not. Photo, left, is of an amber cream
(non-dun) QH filly. Her mane is brown under all that frosting.
The same is true of dark ear tipping and outlining.
We are still investigating dark- topped ears with a white tip...they
may be found on duns only.
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*The dun gene also *dilutes* the horse's coat color where there are no
markings. This means the color will be lighter than true bay, chestnut or
black (or whatever color the horse would be without the dun gene.) There
is a consensus among dun owners that dun colors tend to have a muted, rather
than bright, color intensity to them... sandy rather than golden, for
example. However, this is not *always* the case.
A site we don't want to forget about is http://www.cayuseranch.com
. Though we cannot get permission to POST their pictures on our site, I
hope to LINK to them to illustrate various unusual colors... they are fabulous
and plentiful!
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