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Here is the 3rd fact of the day that I owe you for the breed of the month...the Fjord! The 3rd Dun shade that Fjord horses are allowed to be registered as called grey (grå) and has a gray body; the shade can vary from light silver to dark slate gray. The midtstol, halefjær and primitive markings are dark gray or black. The remainder of the mane, tail and forelock are a lighter grey than the body color, and can be very pale. Though the term used in the breed standard for this color is grey, it is actually a form of dun and not a true genetic gray. The term gray and even gray dun are misnomers, as the Fjord horse gene pool does not carry the graying gene. The term used for this color in other breeds and by geneticists is grullo, or blue dun. Like grullos in other breeds, the grey body color is produced by the dun factor diluting a genetic black base color. Below is a photo of a Grey Dun Fjord gelding named BHF Toril owned by Blue Heron Farm:
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:00:21 +0000

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