Dun horses have a sandy/yellow to reddish/brown coat. Their legs are usually darker than their body and sometimes have
faint "zebra" stripes on them. Dun horses always have a "dorsal" stripe, which is a dark stripe down the middle of their back.
Sometimes the dorsal stripe continues down the horse's dock and tail, and through the mane. Many dun colored horses also have
face masking, which makes the horse's nose and sometimes the rest of the face a darker color than the horse's body.
Horse: Mimado © Pat Fausser
Tamarack Stables Rivers Edge
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Typical Dun:
Both of these horses are a typical dun color, with a dorsal stripe down the middle of the back, with the legs a darker color
than the body color. On the horse to the left, the dorsal stripe continues through the horse's tail.
Horse: Bubba Dun © Cheryl McNamee
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Bay Dun:
This horse is a bay dun. Bay duns have a bay color, but they are not bay since they have the dun
characteristic of a dorsal stripe down the middle of their back. An uneducated horse-person might
think this is a buckskin, but we know better!
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Horse: Blundur © Tim Kvick
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Horse: Fifill © Tim Kvick
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Red Dun:
This horse is a dun, but with reddish/chestnut highlights. He has a dorsal stripe down the middle of the back,
and the legs a darker color than the body color.
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