People seem to be forgetting the foal Cheerilee photo. Back in S1 the foal design wasn’t established and the newborn Cheerilee had normal eyes, kinda like the OP’s edit. So you could say the left one is pre-S2 foal design, and the right one is the now traditional.
GLANCO, ARE YOU A PROPHET?
Both variants are good.
So here’s the thing. In the SHOW’s Art style, normal eyes on foals don’t look right.
Oh for the love of pancakes, what have I said?
I don’t find them creepy at all.
Wait, the one on the left’s the edit?