what color is Belle?

[Anngee]

Thanks for your help.

Angie~

 

[Carly Rae]

To me she looks Palomino. But I could be wrong

She is very pretty though!

 

[NewToMini's]

I think she's a palomino, but when she sheds out, it will be easier to tell. She will likely shed out either slightly lighter (palomino) or slightly darker (flaxen chestnut) than she is now.

 

[MiniNHF]

I would say palomino or a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail

 

[chandab]

What color are her parents, if you know?

She looks like a light silver bay to me.

 

[Kim P]

She is a pretty girl

 

[Anngee]

Thanks...I don't know her parents color, I will ask when they bring her.

I don't know why but, I didn't know they shed or would change colors. Is there a certain brush that will help with shedding? What type of brushes do I need or grooming items?

 

[chandab]

You can pick up basic grooming kits at a place like Tractor Supply, they'll usually have a dandy brush, shedding blade, hoof pick, mane/tail comb and a few other odds and ends. Perhaps a basic grooming book or video would be in order too; grooming is a good time to bond with your horse.

Horses shed twice a year, once in the spring to get rid of their woolie winter coat (lots of shedding this time), and once in the fall to shed the short summer coat while they grow in their winter long coat (this shed won't be very noticeable).

 

[Mona]

The best thing I have found to get that "winter wool" out, is a "rake" that is used on dogs.

 

[Anngee]

Good deal! Thanks so much for the info. I will look into a video & see if they can show me any tips with her when they drop her off.

 

[MiniNHF]

My friends mini, in the winter he looks like a silver bay, and then when she had him clipped, he looks like a dapple gray with a flaxen mane and tail and then he turns almost a palomino color in the summer lol. His parents I believe were a chestnut app (sire) and the mother was like a blue roan type appy.

 

[Strangeaddiction]

She looks like a chestnut with flaxen mane/tail like my guy, she could be a palomino though.

 

[CheyAut]

Not palomino. I think silver bay, but chestnut is also possible.

 

[paintponylvr]

What color is she now that you've been grooming her at home?