This message is from: "Anneli Sundkvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Blue eyes are often connected to certain colours/patterns, but there are also cases when it just happens. I've also red about horses that were born with blue eyes that turned dark with age. The skin may also go darker. All red duns are born with white hooves which turn dark pretty soon. I guess that the breeders on the list can give much more information about the skin/hoof colour change of the foals. But I think that the average red dun has brown eyes from the start. I'm not sure if blue eyes that turn dark are linked to the dilute colours or if it may happen with all colours. The dilute/creme gene makes the eyes lighter, but two dilute genes are needed to make them blue. If your horse is a cremello dun, he most have inherited the creme-gene from BOTH parents. In that case, his mother probably is a yellow dun, incorrectly registred as a red dun. What colour is his father? Regards Anneli ***************************************************** Anneli Sundkvist Department of Archaeology & Ancient History Uppsala University St. Eriks Torg 5 S-753 10 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46-18-4712082 (dept.) +46-18-553627 (home)
