All of the horses are wearing their winter coats!
Although hair growth generally coincides with colder temperatures, it is primarily the amount of daylight hours that affects a horse’s hair growth, or lack thereof. As the daylight hours slowly start to decrease in autumn, horses may start to grow a soft fuzzy coat over their short, slicker summer coat. Likewise, as the daylight hours and temperatures begin to increase in the springtime, the thick, long winter coat starts to shed. The horse’s pituitary gland recognizes this change in daylight hours, and produces hormones that cause a horse to shed it’s winter coat.
We think our horses look great, furry or sleek! And even covered with a little mud after rolling!