The 3 month photos

There's an old saying that you can tell how good a foal is at 3 days, 3 months, and 3 years. The only one of Belle's babies that is 3 years is Sparkle N Peppy, aka Jazz over at Janice's blog, so I'm posting photos of all 4 foals at the age of 3 months. We'll start with Jazz:

No white on her except for a little bit of silver on her lower lip, and the only foal to not exhibit the cream dilute gene, she is a true brown. I don't have another good photo of her at 3 months, but here she is at 3 years:

The next foal was Midnight Coyote, aka Kai:

Just a little tiny star, and the same silver on the lower lip. He is the smoky brown/black. Side note- he recently sold to a local lady and her daughter, so I'm sure we'll see more of him.

Kai was the sweetest natured colt, he really takes after Beamer that way.

The next boy is Diamond Rio Peppy, aka Rio. He looks different from the first two, not just because of all the white, but he's built differently; he throws back to the Thoroughbred  and running horses on Coyote Belle's pedigree.

2 stockings, a sock and a star make that chocolate hide really stand out. He also has the silver on the lower lip.

At a year old, he is already  the same size as Beamer, maybe even a little taller. Both Kai and Jazz are expected to mature around 15 hands, maybe just a little under. Rio will be close to 15.2 hands like his grandma.
And then there is Shining  Midnite Moon, aka Nitro:

3 stockings and a blaze with a white spot on his lower lip. He is the smoky color too, but he has more light areas like Belle- buckskin on his face and rump. He's two-tone!

This colt seems to throw back to the run as far as his speed goes, but he's built different from Rio- compare the photos- more compact like Kai.
There is another sibling brewing for next year!