For a beginner, riding lessons, at least a year, and helping in a good barn. Experience!
Then, maybe a nice older 'been there, done that' horse, perhaps one you've met and enjoyed at the barn already.
Getting overfaced and overmounted is not good! And having enough money to spend on such a...
Yes! Foal coats are just that, and then the adult color appears as the foal coat sheds out, or is shaved.
Also, greys arrive some base color, and develop gray over time. Very occasionally a foal will arrive gray, it's rare. And not to be confused with roan, a different story entirely.
Mary...
Caramel is shedding her foal coat, and is probably a liver chestnut, unless her legs and mane are black, then she's a bay. Right now I think liver chestnut.
Mary
So I can't type, or apparently proofread either...
And my photos are pretty much all older, but I'll find something.
Snapshot of Magic and Spirit, two Trakehner sisters born here. Taken recently, at least.
Both chubby on grass pasture...
Mary
This has been fun to read, finally got here tonight.
@casportpony, I saw Condus at an ATA meeting long ago, and he was fantastic! He produced a lot of nice horses for the Trakehner breed too.
I've had horses for a long time, but am no longer riding. It was fun, but not any more. Our first...