When the time came to wean Belle, we may have gotten just a LITTLE carried away with the open gate/door policy :o)
At a little over one year old Belle had her first haircut. We were pleasantly surprised to find a slightly darker "silver dapple" under her thick foal coat.
The following year we clipped off her winter coat to find an even darker gray coat peppered with light silver dapples.
Belle matured at just under 30" and along with her mom is "queen" of the herd and yes, she is still "spoiled rotten"!!!