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Yes! The thoroughbred is loving it and looks really well, the two fatties are STILL muzzled at grass and on soaked-into-oblivion hay at night. It's lovely that they can be out naked (fully clipped!) in the day to have a good roll, but I'll be glad when the cold weather comes and the grass stops...

Just had a look at the top few. Most pretty fat. Must say I do like the 4th placed horse though, Brookdale Limited Edition. Too fat maybe, but so broad through the chest and proper leg in each corner. Lovely model.

I love that I'm not the only one that doesn't bundle them up in four layers once it drops below 10C! Having worried about it she is absolutely fine, perfectly warm every time I check her and is still getting too hot on occasion. I think I'll have to take more off!

Beautiful face but as above, I'd be worried about those legs. Very long in the pastern, particularly at the back. I'd get a very good farrier asap.

Aww thanks. I think so too, but I'm biased :D

Yep, clipped everything off the Cushing's pony three weeks ago when she started going very curly and irish clipped my welsh x last week, she was so hot just hacking about. The TB us OK so far, starting to moult and darken but his winter coat os pretty pathetic so he isn't too hot yet.

I'm loving all these replies. Despite being in the south of england where it is still really mild everyone here over rugs and it is hard to resist getting swept up in it, particularly when people (semi!) jokingly say how mistreated and cold she must be. Yet mine was perfectly warm and happy this...

No, a proper trace takes some off the hindquarters too but as she will be naked I wanted to leave her the protection there. This is more like a low chaser clip. Tbh I intended to leave more on her neck and only clip up a bit above her gullet, but she tossed her head at just the wrong moment!

Echo the recommendation for a good instructor who will be able to tell you when she's working properly from behind and when she is pootling along avoiding using herself - so much of this is reliant on feel that it is impossible to explain over the internet. You can always lunge her in a pessoa...

Here we go. The neck went higher than I meant to be I'm sure she will cope. She was sweating when I brought her in to do it so that made me feel I was doing the right thing:

Haha, will do when I get home! On mobile and it's finicky

It's happened! Slightly more off than I intended as she shook at a really inopportune moment, but that's her own fault :D

I used to be in lancashire and the woman who ran my yard had three cracking NFs from the Highfox stud near Bradford. If you're in yorkshire might be worth a look though not sure how many they breed.

You guys are putting my mind at rest. I've got the clippers back out and she's getting a haircut this afternoon! It's difficult to maintain common sense and objectivity as I'm surrounded by chronic overruggers whose ponies are bundled up day and night already.

Fair enough, you'd probably spend the difference in petrol! Connies do tend to be expensive. New Forests however are dirt cheap for some reason and I've never really understood why - the ones I've know had super level temperaments, were great with kids and jumped like stags. I regularly see 3/4...