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One of the people up the yard commented on Fly's shiny coat today. They asked how come it was like glass. They said that they fed their horse oil etc and kept him rugged but none compared to Fly. I replied that it was down to grooming. Every day without fail i groom him and strap him for a few minutes. Elbow grease is the answer! What about you? how's your horses coat? x
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I'm a great believer that a horses coat is the window to it's inside. ie what you put in (feed) shows in the coat. Mine's a veteran at grass (restricted diet due to being a fatty) and his coat doesnt shine no matter how much I preen him. But come winter when I have him on a good low calorie diet he shines, even without grooming.
 
Yeh, elbow grease is definitely the answer.

However a good diet is also essential, a clean environment and a happy horse, not to mention every day grooming to help keep the oils in the coat producing which makes the shine
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I give buddy a really good long groom and feed him alfa-a, build up mix and pony nuts...would have to say his coat shines beautifully.
 
Mine is on quiet alot of hard food, as he works reasonably hard and is only young, but he also gets fully groomed twice a day, with lots of effort on my part
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and he shines
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i think its probably down to all the components of his life, feed, well being, and grooming
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I feed my yearlings everyday, and pick their feet out, but they only get a quick flick over with a brush about once a week. This is one of mine the other day who I thought was looking very shiney....... concidering she lives out and has a very greasy coat (not a very nice pic of her
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So, I think it's down to feeding; she gets Bailys stud balancer and a bit of speedi beet / alf alfa..... although, I'm sure if she was clean and brushed she'd look alot shiny'er
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oh yeh and not bathing too often is better for the coat. Using too much shampoo takes the oil out and spoils it so bathing as little as possible is much better if you want your horse to gleam! Just rinsing off with water regularly is fine though
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Ours REALLY have shiny coats. They live out 24/7, don't get groomed that aften, don't get hard feed, and not rugged that much. Wonder why they shine so much
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My two black girls are really shiny...I only feed one of them oil - think it just shows general health.
I do groom them every day, but not for long...just so they are always clean-ish (they live out).
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I feed my yearlings everyday, and pick their feet out, but they only get a quick flick over with a brush about once a week. This is one of mine the other day who I thought was looking very shiney....... concidering she lives out and has a very greasy coat (not a very nice pic of her
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She still looks stunning though!
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Merlin is generally a shiney horse.... he lives out 24/7 and obviously unrugged at the moment. All he is fed is normal Dengie chaff to mix his joint suppliment into. And his grazing is restricted at the mo to keep the weight off his joints!!!

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Although today I was greeted by a wet and rather dingy looking horse
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Couldnt face the grooming so have fenced off his mudbath and will wait for it to be rained or rolled off!!!
 
this is good question moneypit - hope Peter is doing ok......I have fed my chap linseed oil - which he hates, codliver oil - which he hates and garlic powder which again he hates....but once he becomes hungry enough ( after 5 secs) he will eat it....
Ive been feeding him topspec and although I didnt notice the difference immediately - a couple of months down the line I have seen a massive difference in his coat....
Im feeding mine Meadow sweet - I think thats what it is called - by baileys, joint supplement and garlic powder and both of mine seem to look pretty shiny and good at the moment....

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The definitive answer to a super-shiny ned is to pick up your fly spray and cover him in it coz you feel sorry for him getting bitten to death. Then you start to wonder why it isn't choking you as it usually does and when you read the label you discover that you have just squirted half a gallon of very expensive mane and tail detangler over him. When you try the feeble defense that you were hoping that any flies that tried to land on him would just slide staight off, fellow liveries sneer at you derisively.
 
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