Morning Savannah.
Chey is cute, just my type of girl!! Is she actually that colour or at her age have any other markings 'greyed out'? I have a mare (now 27) who was totally white in the winter when I purchased her at 15, but was 'flea bitten' in her summer coat. Her registered name was Black Bess so I presumed she was born black, plus she has had several black foals for me - one was a roan/grey by the time it was 6, another is still very black at the age of 5 and the last one that I kept is also totally black at 8 and has produced two offspring who are still very black. Another older mare of mine was 'white' at 4 when I got her, but in her summer coat you could just see the outlines of large pale chestnut markings, making her a skewbald (pinto), 16 years on she still has these markings showing in the summer months, so hasn't actually 'faded' at all as she has aged! Arnt' colours complicated/interesting! LOL!!
Yes, who is that lurking at the back of your boy's picture?