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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,
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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.
Please visit the Verified
Dun Morgans page for more up-to-date listing of the
current owner of any particular dun dilute Morgan shown
on these web pages. We will try to keep the current ownership
of dun dilute Morgans as up-to-date as possible on that
page. If you see any incorrect owner listings, please do
not hesitate to bring it to our attention. To email updated
ownership info, click here.
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ADULT SHADES
~ RED DUN
Chestnut Base Coat
A red dun is the dun gene diluting a chestnut based horse.
The mane and tail are generally red like a typical chestnut,
though the shade can vary on a red dun, just as it can on
a chestnut. The lower legs also remain basically undiluted.
Since the red horse does not express black, the red dun's
dorsal, leg bars and withers stripes are also red. Shades
of red dun can range from an apricot color all the way to
a deeper yellow or tan toned red.
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Lineback Milady In Red
(Morgan mare)
Probable Flaxen
Daymark
Farm
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Elly's Story
(Morgan mare)
Copyright Garnet Robinson
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Robbi-Sue's Dun Ella
(Morgan mare - deceased)
Copyright Jayne Cushman |
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Richwood Majestic Rose
(Morgan mare)
Owned by Marjorie Gerik, Texas
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"Cheezy"
(Quarter Horse gelding)
Flaxen
Owned by Lee Barron, Texas
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"Tequila"
(Quarter Horse mare)
Owned by Lee Barron, Texas
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FOAL SHADES
~ RED DUN
Chestnut Base Coat
Red dun foal birth shades can range, but generally are
a yellow-red to peachy-red shade, with a red dorsal. Their
manes are often shockingly red in contrast to their body coloring,
due to the mane being undiluted. Their tails will often be
the primarily the same yellow-red or peachy-red as their bodies,
except down the center of the tail where the dorsal runs through
the tail, making the hairs distinctly red. Some red dun foals
will ofen show a pink tone in photos, depending on the lighting
and camera flash.
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Robbi-Sue's Dun Ella - 3 months
Darker shade red dun, with very
dark red mane and tail at maturity.
(Morgan - deceased)
Copyright Jane Cushman
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Lineback Milady In Red
(Morgan)
Probable Flaxen - see photo
on Adult colors page.
Daymark
Farm
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Richwood Majestic Rose
(Morgan)
Owned by Marjorie Gerik, Texas
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*BLACK* Chestnut Based
Red Dun (added 12/16/2006)
I have added this sub-section for Black Chestnut Red
Dun foal colors because the very nature of the black chestnut
shade can have a very significant effect on the visual expression
of the dun gene on a black chestnut base coat color.
It has been quite widely noted in the Morgan breed
that black chestnut foals are born a fairly "normal"
chestnut shade, then darken greatly upon shedding their
foal coats. Some black chestnuts truly do look black, but
many give themselves away as 'chestnut' because their lower
legs generally are some shade of red, rather than black.
But some black chestnuts do have darker lower legs, especially
during different seasons.
The colt pictured below, R Anchor Red Rock, was born
a fairly typical red dun foal shade. Upon foal coat shedding
however, his dorsal, lower legs, and mane and tail (the
point areas) changed significantly.
The photo of R Anchor Red Rock on the left shows his
fairly typical red dun foal (birth) color.
The photo in the center shows him after shedding his
foal coat. Note the very dark lower legs, darkened mane,
and even his body color seems to have a darker, "browner"
diluted tone, lacking peachy-red tones that we typically
see on the average red dun.
When a good photo of his dorsal is available (probably
Spring '07), we will add it to this section.
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RED DUN
ADULT MARKINGS
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Left:
Yandidydle Quatro
(Morgan gelding) - owned by Linnea Schultz-Ela
This young gelding may at first appear to be a bay dun because
of the dark mane, but he is a red dun. His mane and tail are
very dark, but he was born typical red dun foal color and
does not have black leg points. His dorsal and extensive barbs
are red.
Center:
Yandidydle Quatro
(Morgan gelding) - owned by Linnea Schultz-Ela
The wither patch and neck cape are both red.
Right:
Dunn Cashed In (Tennessee
Walking Horse stallion) - owned by LooneySanders
Farm
The dorsal is dark red, with very distinct edges. The tailhead
contains plenty of dun diluted frosting.
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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.
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Left:
LSMR Kissin' Kate Barlow
(Morgan) - Lazy
S Morgans
Crisp edged red dorsal, wider over the hips, and visibly running
through the length of the tail.
Center:
LSMR Kissin' Kate Barlow
(Morgan) - Lazy
S Morgans
Leg bars, especially on red dun foals, are generally very
difficult to see and photograph. Here we see an example of
the light, but distinct leg bars on a red dun foal.
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