
A buckskin varies in color from a light cream, called a buttermilk buckskin - remember Dale Evan’s horse from the old Roy Rogers TV show? – through dark gold to almost a chocolate color. They also have black points: mane, tail, lower legs and tips of the ears. Also, they can have light hairs at the base of their tail and mane.


A dun can have the same coat color as a buckskin but it carries an extra gene which is associated with primitive factors. The most common of these is the dorsal stripe down the back - a line from the base of the mane to the tail. Other primitive factors include zebra- or tiger-like stripes on the legs, usually on the knees and

So our Quarter horse, Ole, really is a dun. He has a dorsal stripe; faint zebra stripes around his knees (usually only visible on his summer coat); and lighter hairs in his mane and the base of his tail.
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