Dapples make me smile. All the time. Clipped the redhead today and so many were hiding underneath! Anyone else’s looking rather dappled this year?
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No fair!
You have Lola aka Peepycat & now a gorgeously-dappled mare.
While my 3 - here in the Midwest - are in various stages of yakdom 
Walker approaches dappledom in high Summer:
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I swear these chromed out animals find me and I happily take them in 
Walter has a very kissable nose!
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Can’t top those buckskin dapples, but here are some other colors
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Summer dapples
She has dapples now, but they are harder to see and photograph because her winter coat is darker.
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his name is Harley, he’s a TN Walking Horse
Thanks, his nose gets smooched a lot… to his disdain 
That first picture is adorable!
He’s a Dutch WB. This picture was taken before I bought him and started treating his insulin resistance and low thyroid. He was so fat!
This is him now.
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He is beautiful!!
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So this isn’t the most flattering picture but one of my horses gets anxiety dapples! We were doing groundwork last week when a neighbor’s horse got turned out alone and was running around screaming for a friend. Naturally this set mine off and in the blink of an eye he went from second-clip mousy drab to dappled in a giraffe pattern:
When he calmed down, he faded back to a solid mousy color in 5-10 min. It’s very interesting and dramatic!
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I’ve never heard of that happening! How interesting.
PS—I feel for you regarding those withers! Beautiful boy!
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Honestly I saw the first picture and thought dang that is a good looking horse but holy cow I wouldn’t expect Bristol Bay to have such a chunka. What a lovely after picture!
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May I hijack?
Friend gave me this horse in 2015. He lived outside with her others, run-in for shelter.
IMHO, they fed too much hay to horses living on nice pasture. He was a sausage.
Photo August 2015:
After coming home to my farm, same living situation (my “run-in” is the barn) August 2018:
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We call her Fleuropotamus… my mare while on stall rest.
Back in shape. Sire is a chocolate palomino (Osilvis) so she gets lovely golden dapples.
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I don’t know how he came out this color. His mother is one of those dark bays that almost look black and his father is black. I hate that he loses those dapples in the winter and turns dark bay (but not quite as dark as his mother).
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Omg the second picture 
I want one!
Everyone has such lovely ponies! My two have dapples at different times - the bay would have them now if I clipped her and the (flea bitten) grey gets them late winter/ early spring around when she sheds out. Of course, I don’t have a picture of either 
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