What colour will this foal be?
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Re: What colour will this foal be?
here is a close up photo
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Re: What colour will this foal be?
here is the mare..i would call her dun :)
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Re: What colour will this foal be?
and here is the stallion
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Re: What colour will this foal be?
To many people "dun", used by itself (i.e., not in connection with red dun) stands for bay + dun factor. To many, the three basic "dun" shades are: red dun (chestnut + dun), "dun" (bay + dun) and grullo/a (black + dun).
I personally hate the use of just "dun" for bay dun, since I think dun = dun factor, so should be put with its base colour.
Diane
Re: What colour will this foal be?
[quote]I personally hate the use of just "dun" for bay dun, since I think dun = dun factor, so should be put with its base colour.[/quote]
I agree totally and am really surprised to hear just "dun" means bay dun...especially when so many insist on calling silver dapple...silver black, to be descriptionally correct! :hammer :shock:
Re: What colour will this foal be?
Silver Black is the correct term, but Silver on it's own is often used as a "base" description, ie "the horse obviously has Silver"
The mare obviously has Dun, the base is obviously Bay, sometimes we do not (or should not) have to spell things out.
But you are right, I was tired and not thinking straight.
I should have spelled it out :laugh1
Re: What colour will this foal be?
I've always heard "dun" in referene to a bay dun.
Claybank or red dun, dun or yellow dun, and grulla.
I've never really used "bay dun" because in my experience it's redundant.
Just goes to show the difference in different areas. I can argue all day long about dun vs buckskin with my friends dad. He insists that "dun" is red dun, and bay dun (or buckskin) are buckskin. I keep telling him that's not really right, regardless of what terms you use because then your grouping buckskins and duns together and they aren't the same, but he doesn't get it. Every time I point out that dun's ALWAYS have a line, he finds a buckskin that has countershading. Drives me bonkers.
Re: What colour will this foal be?
Do you have any more pixs? That one is hard to tell. :-\ My gut said bay, but without closeups, it's hard to tell. :-?