Young chestnut foals will not be the flaxen when they are born that they will be as adults. They develop it as they grow and shed their foal coats. How long it takes for the flaxen to appear varies. Flaxen could be present on a foal or flaxen might not appear until the pony was an adult.
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Chestnut foal with mealy that is a flaxen chestnut as an adult.
Chincoteague's Pull the Trigger (Surfer's Riptide x Butterfly Kisses) Pedigree |
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Flaxen chestnut splashed white foal having shed the first foal coat.
Dreamer's First Kiss (Ken x Dreamer's Gift) Pedigree |
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Older flaxen dark chestnut foal with flaxen starting to come in.
Wave Runner's Phantom of the Waves (Surfer Dude x Diamond's Jewel) Pedigree |