I need help finding a horse breed..

[DuckWhisperer06]

I’ve been driving myself crazy for the past few weeks trying to remember a horse breed. I saw a post on here a long while back about someone asking for name suggestions for a new horse. I believe willow was in her(?) username. I think she went with the name Dakota. All I can really remember is the the breed started with ‘h’. It looks kind of like a roan but it wasn’t that. Like I said I’ve been driving myself crazy trying to remember because it was a beautiful horse and I’ve been wanting to look it up because quarantine has made me go crazy. I know this is really just me rambling but I’ve had a few sleepless nights just trying to think of a horse breed..

 

[casportpony]

One of these members?

 

[DuckWhisperer06]

@casportpony Im sorry but I honestly can’t remember but I’m thinking it was willowspirit..

 

[Teneniel]

Hanoverian and halflinger are the two I can think of. Any luck?

 

[casportpony]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threadloom/search?query=Dakota forum:"22"&sort=date&tab=618

 

[casportpony]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-new-horse.1317517/

 

[DuckWhisperer06]

Yes! That’s the tread! Argh I was sure the breed started with ‘h’!! When I look up grulla horses all the pictures that come up are of gray horses.. she sure doesn’t look gray in the pictures.. hmm.. I’m still stumped but I guess I’m relieved that you found the thread for some closure. Thank you!

 

[Bunnylady]

Grulla isn't a breed, it's a color, resulting from the effects of the dun gene on what would otherwise be a black horse. Dun is considered a dilution gene. Dun factor horses have lighter bodies, with darker color on the mane, tail, and legs. Nearly all duns have a clear, distinct darker line down their spines, referred to as a dorsal stripe. They often have other "primitive" markings like zebra stripes on the legs, one or more cross stripes on the shoulders and/or neck, and dark "cobwebbing" on the face.

Duns come in many shades, depending on what other color genes the horse has. Dun turns a Chestnut into a Claybank or Red Dun, a Bay becomes a Buckskin (some call it a Dunskin, to differentiate it from the similar color resulting from the action of the cream gene), and Black becomes a Grullo. Grullos come in many shades, from a sort of silvery gray to a sort of medium mouse brown.

Dun genes occur in many breeds of horses, from Mustangs to Minis, but one breed that only comes in dun colors is the Norwegian Fjord. In Norwegian Fjords, the dun factor dorsal stripe results in a two-tone mane, which Fjord owners often show off with creative trimming (the horses in Disney's Frozen I and II are Norwegian Fjords).

Perhaps the reason you got thinking about roan is that true roan colored horses are typically lighter on the body and have darker legs and faces, but the reason for this is different. Roans have white hairs mixed in with dark hairs on their bodies, with few or no white hairs on their legs and faces, while in Duns, the body hairs themselves are lighter in color. And, just in case you weren't already confused by this blizzard of words, Dun and Roan are caused by totally unrelated genes, so it is possible to have a horse that is both Dun and Roan in color.

 

[DuckWhisperer06]

Grulla isn't a breed, it's a color, resulting from the effects of the dun gene on what would otherwise be a black horse. Dun is considered a dilution gene. Dun factor horses have lighter bodies, with darker color on the mane, tail, and legs. Nearly all duns have a clear, distinct darker line down their spines, referred to as a dorsal stripe. They often have other "primitive" markings like zebra stripes on the legs, one or more cross stripes on the shoulders and/or neck, and dark "cobwebbing" on the face.

Duns come in many shades, depending on what other color genes the horse has. Dun turns a Chestnut into a Claybank or Red Dun, a Bay becomes a Buckskin (some call it a Dunskin, to differentiate it from the similar color resulting from the action of the cream gene), and Black becomes a Grullo. Grullos come in many shades, from a sort of silvery gray to a sort of medium mouse brown.

Dun genes occur in many breeds of horses, from Mustangs to Minis, but one breed that only comes in dun colors is the Norwegian Fjord. In Norwegian Fjords, the dun factor dorsal stripe results in a two-tone mane, which Fjord owners often show off with creative trimming (the horses in Disney's Frozen I and II are Norwegian Fjords).

Perhaps the reason you got thinking about roan is that true roan colored horses are typically lighter on the body and have darker legs and faces, but the reason for this is different. Roans have white hairs mixed in with dark hairs on their bodies, with few or no white hairs on their legs and faces, while in Duns, the body hairs themselves are lighter in color. And, just in case you weren't already confused by this blizzard of words, Dun and Roan are caused by totally unrelated genes, so it is possible to have a horse that is both Dun and Roan in color.

Woah, thanks for that. I’m not a huge horse expert so I get mixed up a lot, lol. All horse colors and breeds or whatever it’s decided they’re called are beautiful in my opinion, but I’ve clearly got a lot of learning to do. I’m in no position to get a horse anytime soon.. maybe that’s a good thing?

 

[Folly's place]

Also Holsteiner, another 'h' breed.
Mary