Comments on: How common is dun color and dorsal stripe in a Quarter Horse?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:27:59 +0000

I have an AppyxQH whom is a dun roan with a dorsal, stripes on her legs and random black and white spots.
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By: Calico W

Calico W — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:52:59 +0000

Hello! I raise 94 to 100% Foundation Bred horses. Many of my duns have the markings on shoulders back of legs and such. Grulla's you seem to notice it most, mine have it just some more then others.. Also you often find spiderweb markings on their foreheads.
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By: kevin h

kevin h — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:41:59 +0000

It depends on what area of the country you are in. Some areas, such as South Texas, dunns are fairly common. A buckskin, dun, cramello, gulla, palamino…ect are in the buckskin catagory of color, caused by a deluding of the black gene, and are more common in the southwest than many other part of the country. Much like if go up around Oregon or Washington, Appaloosa will be more common due to them originating there. Now a zebra stripe buckskin or dun are more rare than a buck, or dun with out them. Good luck
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By: GilaJenMo

GilaJenMo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:07:59 +0000

Quarter Horses have a lot of old time Spanish Mustang blood in them and this coloring has come down from those horses. There are plenty of duns, buckskins and grullas in the QH breed, but not as many primitive markings as there once were. However, I suppose it's possible for those marking to crop out as you described.
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By: max

max — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:29:59 +0000

Wow, that sounds like reallllly cool markings. We own a Quarter Horse farm and i have never seen marking like that! prettyyy
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By: patchesgirlly

patchesgirlly — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:15:59 +0000

I had a QH like that he was Beautiful..i dont know how common it is, but we have 2 QH/ Draft mixes & both look like that.
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By: LBentforLeather

LBentforLeather — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:38:59 +0000

As likely as not she’s a grulla, not a dun. Grullas are the least registered color in QH’s (7%) but the fastest increasing.
Without pictures, you also could have described a ‘zebra dun’.
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Appaloosas did not originate in the N.E. They originated on the steppes of Asia. They got here via Spanish conquistadores and spread west and north.
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By: Secret

Secret — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:59 +0000

i have seen several horses like that, in fact i owned two horses like that. they are not super common or very rare but it is possible. one of my mares had zebra stripes on her legs and a dorsal stripe, even some white socks and stripe on her face – everythin; she was beautiful. accepted quarter horse colors r sorrel, chestnut, bay, black, brown, gray dun, red dun, grullo, buckskin, palomino, red roan and blue roan. ect. u kno some r more common than others but i think its wonderful that ur sister in law has such a pretty quarter horse mare, in my opinion.
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By: POA Rider

POA Rider — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:03:59 +0000

Are you absolutely sure that she is a quarter horse? I've NEVER heard of this before. Cool!!!
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By: Dani R

Dani R — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:58:59 +0000

that is not common at all
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