I swear she's 7/8 tb 1/8 mammoth!!!!!

[horseylady]

or maybe 7/8 mammoth!!!

I have never know a horse with so much tb grow so much coat!!!!! Honestly!!!!!! Thankfully it's grown it a week later than last year but already considering a blanket clip.......

I used to love my TB mare, barely any winter coat at all! No real need for a clip, plus I didn't get covered head to foot in ginger hairs in the spring.

My Shitland on the other hand.....

We've got HOYS in a few weeks and will be clipping most of them in the next week - even the TBs!!!

Seriously I've never known something with so much tb grow so much coat!!! My welsh cob barely puts up any coat!!!

I live in the tropics and I have to clip my TB's in winter as despite the heat they still look like fur-balls on legs!

We used to clip about 3 weeks before HOYS so the coats would grow back by then. We've not clipped our M&M before Heritage (yet) and just thinking it could be a big mistake because, despite nice weather and coats he is wooly.

In trying to decide!! Competing this weekend and she needs a tidy up but I'm also 34 weeks pregnant?! Usually I do a full clip and while people are riding her for me, I dont know whether to do a blanket clip or still take the lot off? Ours are pretty much stabled from the middle of November to feb. Depending on how wet it is? Perhaps I'll blanket clip now and rug then take it off Xmas time when I know how I am?

I usually start with a blanket clip around early October (my TB has a very thin coat, and is "warm") and then full hunter clip November and again end December or early January. I have done a blanket clip again in February but usually try to avoid this because of the new coat coming through.

You could do a full clip now, and then blanket clip later instead......

But if you only ever do full clips, then you don't have lines when the coat is coming through! It is so much easier to deal with a full clip as the horse rarely sweats, or, if it does, it is much easier to cool down. A horse which sweats with a full coat is difficult to cool down quickly, and you run the risk of chills.

If a horse is likely to be stabled over the winter, and do a reasonable amount of work, then I would always prefer a full clip. Rugs these days are so efficient that you don't need to pile 10 rugs on to keep a clipped horse warm.

But each to their own!

Fait I'll have no lines as it's her summer coat!!

Think I might just clip her out its done then. It'll take as long to do a blanket as take it off!!

Whip the whole lot off!!! (I am ruthless )

Fait - we don't do blanket clips for the same reason as you - I hate lines!

However we do chest clips and under tummies with our ponies. From the side they don't look as if they have clips at all but it definitely helps them keep cool.

Ah - we only have one pony and his coat is so fine that his winter coat looks like the summer coat for most horses! Our old section A used to grow hair from his tummy down the floor despite being rugged! (not a good look)