Dorsal stripe

Duns and buckskin horses often get confused, even by experienced equestrians. But when my grandson asked me to explain the differences, I didn’t have a ready and clear answer, so I researched these two similar coat colors. The difference between dun and buckskin horses is that buckskins have a tan body with black points and …

I went to see my neighbor’s new horse. He told me he bought a blue dun, but the horse I saw looked almost solid black. I wasn’t sure he was right about his horses’ coloring, so I decided to research dun horses. Dun horse’s unique color pattern is created by a modifier gene that affects …