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OK so first things first when looking for DP in bays is to look at their bellies! I'm not that good with bay dp, but I believe their bellies turn a richer/darker colour. I don't believe that your first foal has dp.

For AAA 4G Meteroic Dawn, his dad looks like he's a hom dp liver, or a black chestnut. The light brown on his dad on the belly/neck is caused by S+, which interacts like that in the presence of dp. This means that your boy will be at least het dp.

The third, granddad on one side is het dp, while the other is hom (Mr. Meteoric), so he's certainly got dp behind him in both lines! Can't tell if dad or mum has it, although he is very very similar in shade to my het dp, hom sooty A+ mare here, which makes me think he could very well be hom dp himself (Am not experienced with dp bays though):
3LV Angry Magic

To get a chocolate palomino or a liver, the horse must have at least three darkening genes. This is usually two copies of sooty and one copy of dp. The only difference between a chocolate palomino and a liver is usually the chocolate has a copy of cream, and that is all. Your boy has het dp I think, and here's a hom dp choco pally to compare:
2 Drumming Dance

KingofFreak is of course a dp. It's simple genetics. If a horse has two copies of a gene, in this case his mum has two copies of dp ((All FF do, with RoF, KR and DC being het), the baby will have at least one copy of the gene. I can say for certain that he is at least het dp, am not sure if he got the dp from his dad though.

I'm not too sure on the final (second to last) horse though...