| The descriptions on this site are to aid in identifying
the particular shade of a dun horse. All duns, regardless of
their shade, must have a coat color that has been diluted, having
yellow-tan or dove/slate tones, and have some combination of
dun (primitive) markings, such as dorsal stripe, leg barring,
wither stripe, cob webbing, etc. |
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Photo Copyright
vs. Current Owner of Horse
On these pages, photo copyright credits
are listed with each photo. However, the photo copyright owner
may not be the current owner of that horse, as it may have
been sold, or someone else took the photo of that horse and
contributed it to DCS for use here.
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~ DUN
PLUS FLAXEN ~
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Flaxen only expresses on red based horses. While flaxen
would not be detectable on a palomino, it can be seen on
red duns. Some lighter shade flaxen red duns might look
similar to a dunalino, but their body shade would not generally
be as yellow as that of a dunalino.
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Lineback Milady In Red
(Morgan mare)
Possible Flaxen
Daymark Farm
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Left: Lineback Milady In Red
is a possible Flaxen Red dun. Or she may simply have an
abundance of dun diluted mane frosting.
Right: "Cheezy" is
Flaxen Red Dun. Neither of his parents had a cream dilute
gene, so it is not possible for his light mane to be the
result of dun plus cream on chestnut.
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"Cheezy"
(Quarter Horse gelding)
Flaxen
Owned by Lee Barron, Texas
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~ DUN PLUS
PANGARE ~
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Pangare (mealy) is a gene that causes the
soft areas of a horse to be lightened to a creamy-white. It
may also have a subtle lightening effect on the body coat
as well. Pangare likely only affects red pigment, as black
horses do not tend to exhibit pangare on the muzzle.
When present on a (brown, bay, or red) dun
dilute horse, it can also lighten the primitive markings,
sometimes so much so that they are no longer visible. This
is believed to be why many Norwegian Fjord horses, for example,
do not appear to have extensive leg barring.
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Norwegian Fjord horse
Bay Dun + Pangare
photo copyright Jackie Wyandt
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This Norwegian Fjord is a very good example of pangare
on bay dun.
The muzzle, non-black areas of the lower legs, insides
of the legs, flanks, and belly are all a very pale creamy-white
due to the lightening effects of pangare.
The overall coat color also appears to be lightened by
pangare in this horse's case.
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Norwegian Fjord horse
Bay Dun + Pangare
photo copyright Jackie Wyandt
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Left: The minimal dark points
may due to wild bay. Because of the minimal dark leg point
coloring, the effect of the pangare gene is quite obvious,
and extensive.
Right: The very pale, creamy-white
effect of the pangare gene is evident on the hind legs,
as well.
Note: While some barring is still visible
on both the front and the hind legs, the pangare gene has
likely lightened much of the leg barring. Most leg bars
that may have been present would no longer visible.
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Norwegian Fjord horse
Bay Dun + Pangare
photo copyright Jackie Wyandt
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~ DUN PLUS
TOBIANO ~
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Pinto patterns can sometimes make it difficult
to tell if a horse is dun dilute or not. The white markings
of some patterns can "erase" the dun markings.
The Tobiano pattern often puts white markings
across the horse's back, which can partially or full erase
a dorsal stripe. Tobiano can also erase leg barring with its
high white leg markings.
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Riskey Streka Diamons
2004 APHA/ICHR Classic Dun
(Grulla + Champagne)
Dorsal
www.risingmoonranch.com
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Left: Dorsal on a Classic Dun
(Grulla + Champagne) Tobiano.
Right: Due to this mare's tobiano
pattern, the dorsal is interrupted at the tail head, but
restarts within the tail.
Visit the Dun
+ Other Dilutions page for more photos of this horse.
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Riskey Streka Diamons
2004 APHA/ICHR Classic Dun
(Grulla + Champagne)
Due to this mare's tobiano pattern, the dorsal is interrupted
at the tail head, but restarts within the tail.
www.risingmoonranch.com
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Photos of
Dun + Other Modifiers Wanted!
Do you have good quality photos of a dun
dilute horse with other (non-dilution) modifiers?
Additional Dun + Other Modifiers that we
would like to include on this page:
Dun + Classic Roan
*Dun + Appaloosa Spotting
*Dun + Pinto Spotting (tobiano, frame, splash)
To submit photos for consideration, send just
one photo (not to exceed 400kbs),
preferrably showing the dorsal, to Dun
+ Other Modifer.
* Must have enough "color" along
the top line to verify the presence
of a dun dorsal, or a copy of dun zygosity test results.
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