[Rain]

How rare is it to come across this color? It would take a Dun x Palomino or Cremello breeding to create this color, correct?

[RisingH]

I had a Dunalino Gelding. He had every dun charateristic, he was the neatest looking horse! He was by a QH Stallion named Mr Blue Harlan who was a Grullo with the Cream Gene, my gelding's Dam was a Bay. so he was a Grullo x Bay = Dunalino. The key was the sire though... the sire had the dun gene and the cream gene.

[doublebarr]

Not overly common, but not rare either. I have a friend that breeds for double dilutes of quality in Quarter Horses and she has a couple and has foaled out a couple. If you know what your doing and make the right crosses it's not uncommon at all anymore. Actually, a lot of "old line" palomino QH's were in fact dunalino's as shown by their prodgeny today.

[Blistering Winds]

Dunalino

you need

a sorrel gene from momma, a sorrel gene from daddy. (no homozygous blacks can produce this)

The creme

and a dun.

so a homozygous dun with heterozygous Ee or a Red Dun.....bred to a cremello.....and you can get a dunalino pretty easy!

[Blistering Winds]

or, if you hear the old term "Yellow dun".....I've come to notice the old timers use that term for the dunalino type colorations.

[prettyqtrs]

As doublebarr said- it's not a rare color, but it isn't overly common either.

To get a dunalino- just make sure at least one parent has at least one cream gene and at least one parent has a dun gene.

Off the top of my head...first cross that comes to mind to try for a good chance for dunalino would be red dun to cremello. But you could also breed a cremello to a grulla, dun, dunskin, etc and still have a chance at dunalino- just make sure that the dun factored horse isn't homozygous black.
(I'm thinking cremello because you know they are going to pass on the 'red gene' (e) and a cream gene---so you are at least garunteed those.)

You can also get dunalino from a single cream gened horse such as palomino, buckskin, etc when bred to a horse with a dun gene (or if they carry one as well). But the chances aren't as high to specify a little more for what your color outcomes are.


Hope that helps.

[Rain]

Thanks a ton guys, all the posts were very helpful. I have heard the term yellow dun before but never thought much of it... its neat to know what it means now

[Sondra]

Does any one have a picture of this color? I'm very intrested.

[Mare]

I know a gal in Oregon that has a Dunalino Stud. They are very pretty.