If she were grulla, I think she'd have a lighter body / darker head (not to mention dun factor)
This is a mare of mine that I think is a sooty or smutty buckskin. She is lighter than your girl, but she's darker roots... Almost like two-tone coat. In the winter, when I part her hair, it's all dark under but she sheds out light. I bought her at just a couple weeks old so have known her all her life
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Here are pictures of her at different ages and in different seasons.
Thanks Jill. I did give her mane & tail a good look, and I think they are sun bleached. She does not have a dorsal. When you look at her in different lights or times of the day, her coat sometimes seems lighter, and other times darker.
[SIZE=12pt]My mare is phenotypically BLACK - but carries the creme gene -- so I guess this makes her a smutty/sooty buckskin -- here is she with 2 of her foals[/SIZE]