Bay dun?

[DianneC]

It would take a lot of breedings but would happen sooner or later. The Morgan breed discovered dun in their breed just recently. Likely it was there all along but not recognized, perhaps because the horses looked black or bay, and also because dun wasn't a recognized color in the breed so they would have been registered buckskin even if they were light.
There is a theory that the dun gene is a cluster of genes. If so certain things like frosting could be lost over time.
I'm betting that eventually we find that a horse who has two dun genes and a bay gene can have a sooty gene and not show it, thats the only thing that makes sense to me. If there is only one dun gene then the sooty gene makes them look bay. I'm betting black looking grulas have only one dun gene as well. But the medium shades of gruula would have two dune genes and a sooty gene. Just a theory....Trouble is that the dun gene is not all that common in other breeds.

[stacy]

Glad this discussion was here. A kiger breeder came up to me and said "a Bay Dun kiger, you don't see that very often".
Is he bay dun? I didn't think he was. He has darkened up since shedding...

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[stacy]

While I am asking....same breeder said Ruger was "chunky"...this was at an endurance ride. I am curious to what you all think his Body Score Condition is.

[DianneC]

I'd call him dun, he's a darker shade but that's a whole range of shades, just as there is a range of shades of grulla. If the person hasn't seen this shade much they weren't at the last adoption, its become quite common and the lighter shades are rare now. I'd say bay dun looks bay and then there is a dorsal stripe.

[Michelle Clarke]

I would not call him a bay dun....he is a dark dun. As far as chunky goes, he is a little on the heavy side but with all the work you are doing with him, I would not worry about it. Just watch the sugars (molasses, corn and check your hay) as that will slow him down and keep his heart rate up.

[stormyranch]

His neck is still really thick but I think that will go down. I hardly recognize Kiger Sobra anymore.
Oh and he is not a bay dun, duh ;D

[stacy]

Thanks, I didn't think he was a bay dun. When Chuck mentioned it...the first thing I thought was that I should have paid closer attention to Proboards discussion on color! I am curious to see if his neck goes down as well.

[DianneC]

Chinook's neck went down a lot when he was gelded. When was Ruger gelded? It took Chinook about six weeks to get his enregy back, his body had to adjust to the lack of hormones. It would be interesting to here if Ruger took that long to adjust.