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Because a horse's skin is either black, grey o r chestnut, that depends on the horse colour, so the horse colour is going to be a mix between them or one of them.

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The stripe is created by the following combinations of the dun gene acting upon an underlying base coat color.

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Q: Why do dun horses have a black stripe down its back?
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