The Meaning of Buck Skin

Buckskin is a color of horses; it also refers to other things that are the color of a buckskin horse, such as the color of some breeds of dogs. The horse has a tan or gold colored coat with black points (mane, tail, and lower legs). Buckskin is a result of the creme dilution gene on a bay horse. Therefore, a buckskin has the "black base coat" gene, the agouti gene (see bay for more on the agouti gene), which restricts the black base coat to the points, and one copy of the cream gene, which lightens the red/brown color of the coat to a tan/gold.
Buckskins should not be confused with dun-colored horses, which have another type of dilution gene, not the creme gene. Duns always have primitive markings (shoulder blade stripes, dorsal stripe, zebra stripes on legs, webbing ). Unlike buckskins, who have the creme gene, dun horses have the dun gene. However, it is also possible for a horse to carry both dilution genes; these are called buckskin duns or sometimes "dunskins".



A buck skin horse breeder will usually have photos available. The breed is originated from the Spanish Sorraia, the breed obtained its coloring from the Norwegian Dun, that nowadays can be found in Norway and other Scandinavian countries and is a breed so old that his actual origin is lost in antiquity. A buck skin horse breeder will usually have photos available.
This is a color breed recognized in the American West, having the hair color properly described as dun, red dun or grulla. These horses have black manes, tails and points; their legs are longer than other breeds?, they also have "dorsal stripes". A buck skin horse breeder will usually have photos available.
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