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My Filly Looks Bay but is she? Help!

Had a new Filly born on the 7th Her Dam is a dun her Sire is a bay. She looks Bay with dun factors and since I have never had a dun foal before im not sure how she should look. upon reading some sites i have read that some dun foals can look bay when born thus adding to my confusion and making if hard for me to know what to register her. I was hoping to get some help on the matter as she does have a dorsal and leg bars and is somewhat dark over the withers and eyes. I body clipped her today as a friend suggested and im not sure it has told me a whole lot other than maybe i am silly for shaving my foal and now she looks funny. any input helps, thanks! Last two pictures are of her shaved.

NickersNNeighs Fri, 05/11/2012 - 16:10

The first picture of the mini they have labeled as a bay dun who is shedding from bay, and the second pic they have labeled as a bay dun and he purely looks bay to me. this is why i am confused. This is the first time i cannot be sure about a horses color, i want to say shes bay but i keep second guessing myself. i need help.

CMhorses Fri, 05/11/2012 - 19:19

Foals are very good at mimicking dun and a lot of people misidentify horse/foals with countershading to be dun. I think she looks bay but I want to see a picture of the dorsal and the entire tail.

NickersNNeighs Fri, 05/11/2012 - 19:45

In reply to by Daylene Alford

I just want to make sure I get her color right and get her registration right, she does not look much like my other bay foals this year and she may very well be bay... she just has these few markings that make me wonder.

NickersNNeighs Fri, 05/11/2012 - 19:52

In reply to by Daylene Alford

Figures id just show these as well

critterkeeper Wed, 05/16/2012 - 16:16

:-? This little lady looks bay dun to me (that is a very distinct dorsel, just not visible into the tail :-? , and leg barring). Does she have cobwebbing on her face? (another sign of dun). Is her dorsel as distinct all the way up her spine? Does she have wither barring? You know there is a test for dun now so you can have an answer to all your color questions (extension, agouti (for bay) and dun). :toast She is a beauty who would make any breeder proud...