And Suddenly ...

Big Brown Horse is once again turning brown. By late summer he was looking suspiciously like a buckskin. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but he just didn't look like his normal, dark brown self.

August 25, 2019 - PC Mike Novotny

Izzy looks pretty good as a buckskin, although he loses all of his shine. Even so, I've never bought or sold a horse because of his color. Well that's not exactly true. When I bought Speedy I was looking for a gray, but you don't have to search very hard to find a gray Arabian.

Almost gold, definitely not brown.

Like it does each September, Izzy's nearly black coat popped out almost overnight.

September 29, 2019 - black undercoat is starting to make its appearance.

October 3, 2019 - just four days later.

October 4, 2019 - the very next day!

I think it's fascinating how quickly he loses his faded coat color. It literally changes every single day during the end of September through the beginning of October.

You can see the black undercoat starting to peek through.

By the next day, he was an even darker shade of brown, almost black in fact.

October 5, 2019 - one day later.

By early November he'll be seal brown with dapples. But of course by mid-winter, he'll be back to his lighter coat color. Just for comparison, here's that August photo again.

August 25, 2019

October 5, 2019. I swear this is the same horse!

I've never had a horse whose coat changed that dramatically from season to season. There should be a prize for this. Can we at least get a ribbon?