Bay dun

Icelandic: Bleikálóttur Description: The horse has a body color that is like a mixture of buckskin and bay. The feet are dark, and a bay dun has an eel (stripe) going along it's spine, from the ears back to the tip of the tail. On a dark bay dun the mane and tail are mostly black, but on a lighter bay dun the edges of the mane and tail are also bay dun or creme-colored. On such a horse the stripe can be seen clearly in the mane, where the edges are lighter and the middle of the mane is black. The ears are usually with lighter hairs inside them, and black edges. Many duns have darker stripes on the upper legs, and many duns have a smutty head. Many people know this as the color of the Fjord ponies. Every bay dun has a dark stripe on it's back, going from ears, through the mane, and back through the tail. This bay dun has a mostly black mane and tail. Perla from Langhúsum. Š-LUKKA This bay dun shows the colors of a light bay dun mane and tail very well. The eel stripe goes through the middle of the tail and the mane, but the tail and the mane have lighter edges. Š-Donna Temple. Other things that help you know that your horse is bay dun rather than buckskin are: If the parents or offspring are (any kind of) dun, if you see a multicolored mane and tail, if you see Zebra stripes on the legs, if the face is darker than body (some buckskins are though with a smutty face), if there is some dark on the sides of the shoulders, or if there are some stripes on the legs. If you find it hard to see whether the horse is bay with an ordinary stripe, or bay dun with black mane and tail, then look at the body color. It is more yellowish ("buckskinish") on the bay dun. Also look at the parents, a dun horse has to have at least one dun parent. If the horse has dapples, you can know that they are more common in buckskins. Dark bay dun. Hrannar from Kýrholti A very typical bay dun, showing a bit of lighter mane, and the yellowish body color, along with a bit smutty face. Such light dun horses are not the most common ones though, the darker dun horses are more common. Ósk from Árholti. Š-LUKKA The lightest type of bay dun. Blika from Ţverá. Š-LUKKA Unusually light bay dun, propably a bay dun buckskin (moldbleikálótt). A dark bay dun in wintercoat. Š-LUKKA Foal color: The foal color is quite similar on a bay dun foal and on an adult bay dun, only lighter on the foal (that is, the foal grows a bit darker as it gets older). A bay dun foal with it's 20 year old bay dun mother. Š-Betty Grindrod The same mother and baby foal. The mother is a rather dark bay dun and very smutty. Š-Betty Grindrod Some genetics: The bay dun colour is on the D-locus. One dominant gene, D, changes all red hairs on a bay horse into yellow dun, so the horse becomes a bay dun (linebacked yellow dun). The color in different languages: Norway: brunblakk Denmark: Gul med sort man og hale USA: Yellow dun with dark mane and tail, linebacked yellow dun, bay dun UK: Dun Germany: Falbe mit aalstrich Dutch: Wildkleur bruin. Swedish: Brunblack BACK TO COLORS

Icelandic: Bleikálóttur
Description: The horse has a body color that is like a mixture of buckskin and bay. The feet are dark, and a bay dun has an eel (stripe) going along it's spine, from the ears back to the tip of the tail. On a dark bay dun the mane and tail are mostly black, but on a lighter bay dun the edges of the mane and tail are also bay dun or creme-colored. On such a horse the stripe can be seen clearly in the mane, where the edges are lighter and the middle of the mane is black. The ears are usually with lighter hairs inside them, and black edges. Many duns have darker stripes on the upper legs, and many duns have a smutty head. Many people know this as the color of the Fjord ponies.
Every bay dun has a dark stripe on it's back, going from ears, through the mane, and back through the tail. This bay dun has a mostly black mane and tail. Perla from Langhúsum.
Š-LUKKA

This bay dun shows the colors of a light bay dun mane and tail very well. The eel stripe goes through the middle of the tail and the mane, but the tail and the mane have lighter edges.
Š-Donna Temple.

Other things that help you know that your horse is bay dun rather than buckskin are: If the parents or offspring are (any kind of) dun, if you see a multicolored mane and tail, if you see Zebra stripes on the legs, if the face is darker than body (some buckskins are though with a smutty face), if there is some dark on the sides of the shoulders, or if there are some stripes on the legs. If you find it hard to see whether the horse is bay with an ordinary stripe, or bay dun with black mane and tail, then look at the body color. It is more yellowish ("buckskinish") on the bay dun. Also look at the parents, a dun horse has to have at least one dun parent. If the horse has dapples, you can know that they are more common in buckskins.

Dark bay dun. Hrannar from Kýrholti

A very typical bay dun, showing a bit of lighter mane, and the yellowish body color, along with a bit smutty face. Such light dun horses are not the most common ones though, the darker dun horses are more common. Ósk from Árholti.
Š-LUKKA

The lightest type of bay dun. Blika from Ţverá.
Š-LUKKA

Unusually light bay dun, propably a bay dun buckskin (moldbleikálótt).

A dark bay dun in wintercoat.
Š-LUKKA

Foal color:
The foal color is quite similar on a bay dun foal and on an adult bay dun, only lighter on the foal (that is, the foal grows a bit darker as it gets older).
A bay dun foal with it's 20 year old bay dun mother.

Š-Betty Grindrod

The same mother and baby foal. The mother is a rather dark bay dun and very smutty.
Š-Betty Grindrod

Some genetics:
The bay dun colour is on the D-locus. One dominant gene, D, changes all red hairs on a bay horse into yellow dun, so the horse becomes a bay dun (linebacked yellow dun).

The color in different languages:
Norway: brunblakk
Denmark: Gul med sort man og hale
USA: Yellow dun with dark mane and tail, linebacked yellow dun, bay dun
UK: Dun
Germany: Falbe mit aalstrich
Dutch: Wildkleur bruin.
Swedish: Brunblack

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