Can quarter horses be grulla?

A grulla quarter horse has a specific color pattern, black legs, no red hairs, and dun markings. All grulla horses carry a black gene and have primitive marking created by a dun gene—the unique color of grullas ranges from light hues of shiny blue to dark brown and almost black.

Are grulla paint horses rare?

A grulla horse is fairly rare, as these things go, and is often the result of mating a black stallion with a red or dun mare. You can see some pictures of grullas at shiningchorses.com. And where did the word grulla come from? It’s a Spanish word for a slate-gray crane.

What makes a horse grulla?

To be a grulla, the horse must carry the basic body color of a/a, then carry at least one dun gene. The dun gene is represented by D. Because the modifier dillutes the basic black body and puts the dun markings on the black body, the resulting color is grulla.

What percentage of horses is grulla?

1%
Grulla horses are extremely rare and make up less than 1% of registered American Quarter horses.

What is the difference between grullo and grulla?

Grulla and Grullo just refer to the color of the horse, and they’re both correct ways of describing it; though the AQHA recognizes Grullo as the proper term. In Spanish, Grulla means gray crane, which is similar to the color of a Grullo horse.

Whats the difference between a dun and a grulla?

Dun genes can affect any base coat color. The gene that creates the dun pattern affects all base coat colors, including black. What is this? Black horses with the dun gene are often interpreted as grays, but the equine term is grullo or grulla when it affects a black horse’s coat.

What is a grulla colt?

Grulla (or grullo) is a color variety of dun, a coat color of horses, recognized by tan-gray hairs on the body with dorsal stripes on the back and black point coloration on the lower legs, mane, and tail. Grulla horses carry the dun dilution gene along with the black gene and possess mouse-colored hairs.

What horse breeds can be grulla?

Grullo horses aren’t a particular breed; they’re just black horses with a dun gene that causes the black to become diluted. They often have primitive markings that give them away, and you can tell them by their gray or mouse coloration.