Foal Dun Markings

The original version of this web page appeared on The Lineback Morgan Stud web site.
It has been reproduced here with permission.

DUN DILUTE MARKINGS ~ FOALS

In this section, we've displayed photos of dun markings on various dun dilute colored foals. The ages of the foals ranges from newborn to weanling.
GRULLA FOAL MARKINGS
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All three photos are ~ Amberfield's Up In Smoke (Morgan) - Amberfields Morgans Left: Black dorsal stripe, dark/black masking on nose just above nostrils, leg barring visible on inside of right hind leg, and "leg patches" on the front of the forearms of both front legs. Center: Dark/black dorsal. Newborn dun dorsals are generally quite thin, but this colt has quite a wide dorsal. Wither bar also visible. Right: Leg bars visible on inside hind leg. Many newborn dun foals do not show leg barring for several months, but some are born with visible leg bars like this colt.
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Left: Bar Non Glory (Morgan) - Bar Non Morgans Dark/black dorsal, and a lot of dun dilute frosting matching the body coloring at the tail head. Center: River Jordan (Morgan) - Copyright Daymark Farm Dark/black dorsal, and dun dilute frosting matching the body coloring at the tail head along with some typical newborn foal "white" hair in the tail.
BAY/BROWN DUN FOAL MARKINGS
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Left: Lineback Doubletake (Morgan) - Daymark Farm Red dorsal stripe, changing to black as it enters the tail, very plentiful dun tail head frosting matching the body shade/coloring, and red leg barring due to the leg points not having developed above the fetlocks yet. Center: Alpinemist Caramel Ripple (Morgan) - Lazy S Morgan Ranch Red dorsal stripe, changing to black as it enters the tail, dun tail head frosting matching the body shade/coloring. Right: PBS Jack O Lantern (Quarab) - Preheim Bailey Stud Red dorsal stripe, changing to black as it enters the tail, dun tail head frosting matching the body shade/coloring. Light red leg bars on the front leg, but may be difficult to see even in the enlarged image.
RED DUN FOAL MARKINGS
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Left: Lineback Milady In Red (Morgan) - Daymark Farm Thin red dorsal stripe, an abundance of dun tail head frosting matching the body shade/coloring. Center: R Anchor Red Rock (Morgan) - R Anchor Morgans Vivid, thin red dorsal stripe. Right: Alpinemist "red dun filly" #1 (Morgan) - Alpine Mist Morgans Vivid, thin red dorsal stripe.
DUNALINO FOAL MARKINGS
Click this image to enlarge	Kings Mystical Vision 4 months - leg bars Base color is liver or black chestnut.	Click this image to enlarge
Left: Kings Mystical Vision (Morgan) - Sheila Lomax (email) Very pale red dorsal. Center: Kings Mystical Vision (Morgan) - Sheila Lomax (email) Vivid, leg bars. Chocolate colored due to liver or black chestnut base color. Left: Stone Pine "filly" (Morgan) - Stone Pine Farm Vivid, thin red dorsal stripe. Note: Even though this filly's body coloring in this photo seems quite dark/red for a dunalino foal, making her appear to possibly be a red dun instead of dunalino, we know she has to also have a cream gene, because her sire is a perlino dun. Photos of her taken two weeks later showed that her coat color had lightened.
SMOKY CREAM GRULLA FOAL MARKINGS
Click this image to enlarge Bleu Smokendun - newborn (Quarter Horse) Rockin R Ranch
Left: Bleu Smokendun (Quarter Horse stallion) - Rockin R Ranch The dorsal stripe is still quite visible even with two cream genes. The dun gene apparently prevents the two cream genes from fully diluting the dorsal. However, the dorsal is somewhat diluted, as it is not black like the base coat. It appears to be a "rust" color.