Ellesan - 2 things - no, not all colts OR fillies are that forward and un-afraid! LOL!!!! AND be careful w/ pool noodles. If he's anything like our babies, he'll tear them apart and he can ingest part of one creating either or both a choke or colic incident. Neither would be "pretty" or easy to deal with, trust me on that.
I love the "meet and greet" photos and have a few myself -
Always liked this one even though neither of the fillies was "greeting" at the time (that one didn't turn out,unfortunately) -
and this one taken two years earlier of a sligtly older filly (about 2.5 months old?), when we went to a friend's barn (she was a trainer and a riding instructor - not sure she's doing either now) -
Chanda - my 3 babies this year - the fillies are curlier/thicker coated than previously and "Koal", the colt, is denser coated of a medium length. I equate it with the temps dropping like crazy (3 days or so before "Chylly" was born on 6 May, it dropped to 28*!!) right before they were born. NOW we are having crazy heat/humidity! It's going to be a heat index of 110* today ... I may put up shelters that the mares/babies can get to and I'm wondering if it's not time to move them back to the "JR" mares paddock where they can get under the trees AND do a lot more galloping and jumping about...
Here, I also think that the denser/thicker coats protect them somewhat when they are in direct sunlight/heat. I could be wrong and right now, right or wrong, I wish/want to body clip them soooo bad! Chylly would sunburn, though!