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Leg Markings
Stripes, bars, zig-zags, splotches, marbling, mottling,
lines...
Also, the difference between regular
and "wild bay" with dun.
While some sites emphasize the most typical
markings, my goal is to show the complete *range* of
possible markings on dun horses, even to the extremes of
stripes all over ("brindle dun") or no visible striping
("stealth dun", as in
OSO X, a
cremello dun AQHA stallion.)
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Punkin, a red dun filly by
Legend of Pride, of
Amarugia Horses. |
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     These four photos are from Haas
Quarter Horses: Ricki , Holly, Chex and Sassy
(front and hind legs, not necessarily in that order). |
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   Amy Jenner's then-recently-acquired colt. She adds that "he has these thumbprint
markings in the middle of the back of his ears, the dorsal,
great shoulder marking, eye marks.....basically the works."
Hope
Haven Farm, Mark and Amy Jenner,15365 Rattlesnake Trail,
Ivor, Virginia 23866 -- 757-365-9710 -- HopeHavenFarm@aol.com
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 LARGE photo of a dun on bay (Kiger), on which
the leg markings are very visible. This is Helena of
Steens, a 2 year old Kiger filly owned by
Diane Pinney of
Spanish Sage Ranch, in California.
Helena is by Kiger Dundee, a silver grullo, and out of
Steens Maria, what we usually call a Zebra dun.
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SARITA DEL DUC, Born
4/1/2000, bred by Applegate Kigers. Wouldn't it be
great if all duns had clearly marked legs like this!
It's like a manufacturer's label: "GOD MADE ME A DUN!"
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   Ladybug: These legs belong
to a lovely dun QH mare I met the summer of 2003. I had
hoped to see a lot more of her, as she belongs to an
acquaintance, but I haven't. I hear she has had a bay filly
by a black Mustang, now. In the first photo you can barely
see that she is a dun; her leg barring is encased in black.
If someone saw that photo only, they might say she is "just"
a buckskin. But you can see the dun leg marking in the
second. The third photo, of her hocks, shows (barely) an
example of "mottling" rather than barring. I have seen this
on forelegs of real red duns, but need to get photos of it. |
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  Sunnitas Rose (Rose), owned
by Ivan (Dick) & Mary ("Annita") Blake, ApHC, AQHA, & NFQHA
Performance Horses
www.wolfrunranch.com
Notice the thinness of the markings, unlike what is usually
called "barring". |
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More photos coming, I
hope, of thinner stripes, zig-zags, and also of marbling or
mottling, as on some genuine dun horses I have seen in
person.
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