help with dun
supaspot60
February 17, 2009 September 29, 2022
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this is a British shetland pony , she has a dorsal stripe , leg bars , face mask ,ear tips and striped hooves , my question is about the mane colour , is this the effect that the dun has on a flaxen mane , or is it caused by something else ? It was suggested to me that she may be dunalino , her dam looks chestnut/flaxen and her sire looks red/white but he is described as cream/white , she herself is registered as a cream dun !!!! (she came from a large well known UK stud )
Re: help with dun
Dun can add what is called frosting to manes and tails. It is usually not as extensive as your pony but then again I'm not very familiar with dun's expression in ponies.
Given that the dam is a flaxen chesnut, my best guess would be flaxen red dun. She could be a dunalino if one of the parents carried cream. I don't really see cream in that one picture but I have seen horses test positive for cream before that I didn't think would.
Daylene