This closer up photo shows a typical early winter bashkir curly horse coat. Around november the coat grows long enough to curl out, but the hairs aren't yet long enough to form ringlets. It's neat to see it just curl out forming a sort of deep crushed velvet. In this photo the horse is tacked up in a Courbette DeKunnfy dressage saddle and Saddle Pad from RaraEquus.com