This message is from: sini seppala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> forgot to mention that there were no yellow duns at all among those stallions at any time. There were some mares, not one during 1860-79 but 0,2-0,6 % after that.
So what are those other colors then as it doesn't mean yellow duns? The writer of this article in the Finnish Fjord leaflet says Norwegian breeders want to have horses of all FIVE colors these days althou red duns were not as well liked as the other variants in the past. The writer also says the lighter version of brown duns (the one which is still the most common) has been the most popular for a long time already. The text also says especially older Fjords may have a color which is hard to define as it changes from season to season. They may look like white duns when they have a short coat and like brown duns in the winter. People also said Solkungen 882 (a certain stallion) was a brown dun and quite rightly so - although, according to his genes, he was a white dun. Go figure. When he bred brown dun mares the foals were often white duns. It also says here 'white duns got a bad reputation as, at some point people didn't know enough about how colors are passed on, and it's said a lot of white duns were bred to white duns which is said to have resulted in white foals with albino eyes.' Sini.
