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Usually older horses.

Long curly coat, delayed shedding
Fatty deposits in crest and tail head
Increased incidence of founder
Lethargy, lack of stamina/energy etc
Abnormal sweating
Infertility (not applicable here!)
Increased drinking and urination (hard to assess in a 24/7 turn out situation)
Neurological changes, especially blindness
Infections that keep coming back or that the horse should be able to fight off on its own but doesn't.

Research has shown that up to 80% of Cushinoid horses have abnormal coats, either long and curly or delayed shedding or both. Coat changes are usually more subtle on horses, while ponies seem more likely to get the classic curly long coat. Coat changes tend to slowly become more profound over several years. Abnormally long coats and delayed shedding that is not associated with environmental or nutritional factors is most likely to be caused by PPID (Cushings) so your friend probably needs to call the vet.

My moms friend use to have a horse with cushings and she use to shave her horse every summer

My old cob had it and needed to be clipped all year. He had a thick coat that in the summer would shed (if you pulled at it) but look as though he wasn't actually losing any, hence having to clip him. Id get the vet out just in case

Yeah sounds like theres something up. Even if its not cushings. Glad the vet is coming to look at her