We have a 3 year old dun mustang gelding, although he's being trained for hunter/jumper!
He is like a puppy-dog and totally loves our daughter. He recently travelled to a local show (just for the experience, not to compete). My husband and daughter got to the show facility and were looking all over for him. What they didn't know was that he'd been clipped and so were of course looking for the hairy little monster, since they hadn't seen him with his new hair-do. Finally he must have been fed up with them walking up and down the aisle past him so he stuck his nose as far out of the stall to say "look over here guys, it's me!".
ps the picture shows how he looked before his extreme makeover...