Designer Coats?

[dcwolcott]

Love those dapples!!

[Lnight89]

Was just going to say that! Beautiful dapples  and crazy how different the colours the winter coat makes!

[paintponylvr]

Iggy - summer coat -



Iggy - Winter Coat -

[paintponylvr]

Stuffy - Winter Coat -



Stuffy - late  summer coat (not clipped) -

[paintponylvr]

Koalah - summer coat, not clipped, but wet from bath (june/july 2010), foaled May 1st & rebred -



Koalah - summer coat, foaled in April & rebred, not clipped -



Koalah - winter coat, foaled "early" April 2nd -



Koalah - winter coat, head/front shot -

[paintponylvr]

Flower - 1/2 shetland pony mare.  1st year winter coat (born 21 april 2009 - she is only silver foal to shed out her baby coat before getting a winter coat) -



Flower - Summer coat - 2012 -



Flower - shedding winter coat - April 2013 -



Flower - summer coat - 2014 -



Flower - winter coat 2015 -



Flower - late summer coat 2015 -

[paintponylvr]

Bit - Sept 2009, right after arriving home to NC from IA, wet from bath.  Has never been this "dark" again -



Bit - full winter coat w/ trace clip (done in oct/nov) - Dec 29 2009 -



Bit - shed out - 10 aug 2010 -



Bit - late summer coat -



Bit - Winter coat 2015 -



She gets such a rough, hairy, face!  This one shows her left eye (loss thereof) -

[paintponylvr]

Flashi - (Koalah's 2011 filly, by Iggy), foal coat w/ "cameo" clip, 2 months old(?) -



Flashi - winter coat, feb/mar 2012 -



Flashi - has been body clipped (not sure how long before this photo taken) & staying in a barn, Aug 2012 -



Flashi - Shetland Congress July 2013, not sure when body clipped, stays in barn at trainers -



Flashi - 2-3 weeks later 2013, at home in NC & has access to barn but rarely stands in shade, quickly fading -

[Ryan]

Wow !! Its amazing to see what is hiding under those thick winter coats

[Chanda]

Paula, my Misty gets a very fuzzy face, much like Bit does.

You can kind of see it in this November pic from several years ago.

[paintponylvr]

Chanda - yes, I can see it.  I loved that pic of Tilly, too!

Ryan - Isn't it???  I love watching the winter coats come off and then comparing them (when I think to get decent pics, which doesn't always happen, LOL).

Yes, Diane!  THANK YOU.

All coats go thru color changes, but I personally have seen the most variety in the "silver" or "chocolate" or "taffy" horses.  It's amazing and it's one of the things that drew me to these unique coat colors...  & then I combine those with the pinto coloring, LOL!

[Silver City Heritage Farm]

I think Tilly has probably the best Designer coat, complete with fancy hat.

Hello beautiful Tilly, in your fuzzy winter jammies {{{huuuuuug!!}}}

[paintponylvr]

Ok, so here's a few pics of a bay and white mare.  'Clipse was given a "clean-up" trim before her seller dropped her off with us - Dec 2013 -



'Clipse - summer coat 2014, hasn't been clipped since Dec -



'Clipse - not releasing that winter coat quite yet Mar 2015 -





'Clipse & Riddler - Sept 2015.  He had more baby fur than she had winter coat for about 30 days.  Then her coat went thick & heavy (no pics).

[paintponylvr]

Not clipped - he's rubbed all his baby fuzz off of his face -



Fuzzy face -



OK - here's a real fuzzy pair!  Bay tobianos - 1/2 brother/sister out of 'Clipse.  More deeply related than that, though...



Riddler's bad hair day -



Almost all shed out - 10 months old -

[Ryan]

Look how much Riddler has grown !!!