Horses!

[ShrekDawg]

I wish I could have one

 

[ShrekDawg]

Went to the horse rescue last week, to see the orphan foals. The foal in my profile picture, Elvis, got an adopted mom! This is his new mom, Serenity. She will walk up to you backwards so you can scratch her butt. So rude.
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Carmel, who's really shy:
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Maggie, Sonny, and Cher having fun:
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@Overo Mare @EmmaRainboe what color is caramel?

 

[Folly's place]

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

 

[Painted Calls]

@Overo Mare @EmmaRainboe what color is caramel?

Looks like she's shedding out to be liver chestnut.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Looks like she's shedding out to be liver chestnut.

Neat!! So they’re born lighter and then darken?

 

[Folly's place]

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

Here's Magic as a very young foal, with her mama.

Here she is a few months later. She's brown. Her dam was dark bay, her sire black. You can see the last of her baby coat, not totally gone.

Here she is, with her sister, a couple of weeks ago. Both are brown. In Arabian circles, maybe called black, but actually these mares are brown. Those beautiful spring coats will fade in the summer sun, but now are really dark.
Mary

 

[ShrekDawg]

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.
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Here's Magic as a very young foal, with her mama.
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Here she is a few months later. She's brown. Her dam was dark bay, her sire black. You can see the last of her baby coat, not totally gone.
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Here she is, with her sister, a couple of weeks ago. Both are brown. In Arabian circles, maybe called black, but actually these mares are brown. Those beautiful spring coats will fade in the summer sun, but now are really dark.
Mary

Oh wow that’s fascinating! I didn’t realize they changed so much! Thanks

 

[ButtonHoarder]

How much can horses carry? Pretty sure I’m gonna need to lose weight before I start riding again

No more than 20% of their body weight including tack.

 

[theoldchick]

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I haven’t started yet. Just wondering for when I do. And I read that western saddles usually weigh around 50 lbs and English 20 lbs??? But idk how true that is if at all.

Any western saddle I've ever lifted has been a lot less than fifty pounds. English saddles are lighter than western, but I'm not sure of the exact weight.

My saddle probably weighs like 20 pounds but it is lighter made so if you have a bigger one like my dad or grampa does probably talking maybe 45 lbs that's the biggest ones we have