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.
C: 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.
C: 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.
C: Lukka.
The lightest type of bay dun.
Blika from Þverá.
C: Lukka.
Unusually light bay dun, propably
a bay dun buckskin (moldbleikálótt).
A dark bay dun in wintercoat.
C: Lukka.
