New filly

[Tami]

My mare D'Armond American Diva, foaled a gorgeous perlino ( I think...lol) filly yesterday, my question....would you say she has a dorsal stripe? Her sire is a dunskin, so it is possible.....in the photo it looks like she does....

 

[disneyhorse]

It doesn't look like a dorsal stripe to me, it looks like normal foal countershading. If you clipped it you would know for sure, as it would have a very defined stripe.

I agree she looks perlino though!

Very pretty, congratulations!

Andrea

 

[Jill]

Tami, that does look like a dorsal stripe to me

Plus, the shoulders look darker, ears look edged, forehead looks darker... so hard to tell on a double dilute, but my eyes are seeing indications of dun factor

 

[Mona]

It may be a dorsal, but I don;t think it is due to dun. Buckskin can also have dorsals and darker points. This is my filly from last year...perlino, darker points and dorsal stripe. (no dun)

 

[sedeh]

Congratulations on that lovely filly!!

:yeah

 

[Allure Ranch]

Either way she's adorable....

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

I'm with Kimberle...either way, she's adorable

 

[kayla221444]

It may be a dorsal, but I don;t think it is due to dun. Buckskin can also have dorsals and darker points. This is my filly from last year...perlino, darker points and dorsal stripe. (no dun)

But when a buckskin have Dorsals and darker points doesn't that make them a Dun??? Maybe not but thats what I always thought

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

It may be a dorsal, but I don;t think it is due to dun. Buckskin can also have dorsals and darker points. This is my filly from last year...perlino, darker points and dorsal stripe. (no dun)

But when a buckskin have Dorsals and darker points doesn't that make them a Dun??? Maybe not but thats what I always thought

First of all congrats on a gorgeous baby!!! It could be a dorsal or like Andrea said it could just be countershading, its really hard to tell with a photo especially when the horse isnt clipped. As for dun characteristics, the way I understand it is when it is a buckskin with a dorsal that makes it a buckskin dun because if there is a dorsal stripe it just means that they carry the dun gene, a true dun should also have at least some shoulder barring and preferably leg bars too. Just how I understood it, may not be right but its my take on it, maybe one of the genetic gurus on here will say more!

 

[Make A Wish Miniatures]

Congratulations on your beautiful filly. Yesterday must have been the day for perlinos. I had one too.

 

[Riverdance]

It may be a dorsal, but I don;t think it is due to dun. Buckskin can also have dorsals and darker points. This is my filly from last year...perlino, darker points and dorsal stripe. (no dun)

But when a buckskin have Dorsals and darker points doesn't that make them a Dun??? Maybe not but thats what I always thought

First of all congrats on a gorgeous baby!!! It could be a dorsal or like Andrea said it could just be countershading, its really hard to tell with a photo especially when the horse isnt clipped. As for dun characteristics, the way I understand it is when it is a buckskin with a dorsal that makes it a buckskin dun because if there is a dorsal stripe it just means that they carry the dun gene, a true dun should also have at least some shoulder barring and preferably leg bars too. Just how I understood it, may not be right but its my take on it, maybe one of the genetic gurus on here will say more!

In the Quarter Horse world, if it has a strip down its back it is considered a dun. But in reality, the strip could be from the smutty gene. If one of the parents is not a dun, they can not produce a dun. I have a buckskin with a strip down his back, but he is a smutty buckskin and neither parent is a dun.

 

[Tami]

Thanks all. My fillies stripe is no wheres near as dark as Mona's. But her sire is a dunskin, buckskin with dun factor, not just a dorsal, he has shoulder bars and while his legs are dark way up, he has produced a colt that did have leg bars out of a non dun mare.