Going to look at this colt tomorrow. She says he is a dunskin, but to me he looks like just a buckskin with some counter shading. Ive never owned a dun horse so im not really familiar with their markings. The colt is around 8-10 months old. I do not have any info on his parents the current owner purchased him at an auction. What do you guys think?
For sure dunskin. You can't fake that barring on his legs. A dorsal stripe doesn't have to be uber dark. Many lighter duns (palomino duns in particular) have very light dorsal stripes.
The biggest difference between a dun/dunskin and a buckskin: Leg barring. Some buckskins have very convincing countershading, but a buckskin will never have leg barring. Duns will always have leg barring.
I'm was planing on buying him regardless of dun or not. Isn't he just too cute ? Hopefully he has potential to be an eventer and barrel race with me. But if not he ought to be a nice lil horse some day.
He has a dorsal he is losing hair and it faded he is patchy all over not sure why I think I has something to do with his previous traumatic injuries. It's an inch wide and goes from his withers to his tail. The former owner said it was dark a month ago and faded as he has lost hair from scabs. Posted via Mobile Device
Gorgeous boy! I'd vote for dun but not sure I have a dun but you can't mistake him for anything else! Love to see what others say Posted via Mobile Device
All the dark dirty looking places on him is his skin showing through the hair. U can see where he has new bitten and scraped up. He was half dead when the precious owner purchase him at auction.
Dunskins will usually have the dappling that the buckskin usually presents, however duns can get dapples as well. I would still say Dun. Also if he had a injury that caused scaring on his dorsal his dorsal might turn white so it wouldnt show like a true dun. Stunning boy though hope to see what he grows up to be!
I think the dorsal will come back as his hair returns. And his coat becomes Healthy again. There is definitely a dorsal there it's just missing some hair but there is definitely a color difference and it's not like my bay colt who has counter shading. I think his coat is about to change some and as it returns it will go back to the chocolate shade it used to be. I'll take a picture of his back tomorrow. Posted via Mobile Device
See the white hairs around the top of the tail those are guard hairs. It can make it look like the dorsal goes down the the tail when the horse is older as the white guard hairs lengthen as the horse gets older.
I think guard hairs are apart of frosting though I may be wrong. Buckskins and duns I know both can have frosting. I'm still learning about dun markings myself Posted via Mobile Device
He has a dun 'hue' in some of the pics (but only the first one in the original pics), I based my answer off the pics given. In newer pics I think it's possible, I guess time will tell for sure.
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