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Here is the side view. I would expect some people to write him
off as a "light sorrel" if looking at this photo only. Many horses' base
colors are so dark that we can't rely on the *appearance* of dilution to
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In this photo we can see that he has a red-on-red dorsal
stripe. This is the *first* place we look to determine whether
a horse is a dun. The stripe is sharp-edged, a very important
trait to differentiate it from dorsal "shading". |
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The stripe breaks up over his withers, but over his rump it goes right
down into and throughout his tail. We learned from Kiger
Cougar, a famous Kiger (dun), that dorsal stripes can vary greatly. |
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See the lovely, typical dun markings on his front legs.
The dark color is the color he would have been if not for the dun
dilution. This is the *second* place we look to determine if a
horse is a dun. |
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He is also graced with nice dun markings on his hocks (hind
legs.) These are not visible on all dun horses, but they do give a
good additional indicator when they are present. |
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Levi also has the shoulder
barring (like a transverse stripe on a donkey) that is so typical of
duns. We are also seeing this on horses whose dun status we have
not yet determined, however. |
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These photos of another red dun were taken by Julia Lord. They
are of the dorsal stripe and shoulder markings, both on one horse (name
unknown). |
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Red dun foal at age of 8 hours! Chai, owned by Ivan (Dick) & Mary
Annita Blake ApHC,AQHA,&NFQHA Performance Horses www.wolfrunranch.com |
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This Red Dun mare (from Colleen) belongs to Donna of VooDoo
Farm in FL |
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As does this stallion. He may be a dunalino (red dun plus cream) or a
flaxen red dun, I don't remember is we ever found out. |
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