ClIpPiNg My HoRsE?? HeLp!!!!!!

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benji_beaver

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i am in great need of help!! i am at a show jumping comp. on sunday and at the moment i have been working my horse extremly hard! solo is a cob and the tinyest bit overweight, but that has never stopped her getting so sweaty in the summer, she does have an extremly thick coat, do you suggest that i clip her now? i thought that it would be a bit late? please help!!! xx sami xx
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I only just clipped mine last weekend. I believe its the end of Feb that should be the latest you can clip.

Don't quote me on it tho.
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If she is getting hot it must be better for her to have no hair than over heating??
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Thought it was the end of Jan so I whipped a bit off mine last weekend.

Mind you, that was before global warming was heard of so now, as no-one knows what the weather is going to do and spring comes earlier each year, you might be alright for to clip a bit later.

It is all down to when the spring coat starts to grow. Maybe just do a belly/neck clip or a low chaser which won't show so much?
 
Ive got a cob with very thick hair, i was advised to just clip her neck but its been drummed into me that you never clip a cob.

Do they look strange with just a clipped neck?
 
there is not set date on stopping clipping, everyone has there preferences We haad a cob thta was clipped year round and i wont clip Ted again now, he was clipped before christmas and that will be it for him.
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I was brought up to believe that end of Feb, because of the summer coat. Then met someone at the yard that clips into Apr if nec, just depends on the horse. My sisters horse is quiet hairy & she has been clipped late without any issues;
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who told you that? my mare is a norman cob x tb and shes fully clipped 3 times a year, so are the other cobs on my yard!! dosent do them anyharm and they are far more comfortable when they are worked.
 
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Ive got a cob with very thick hair, i was advised to just clip her neck but its been drummed into me that you never clip a cob.

Do they look strange with just a clipped neck?

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Jessie is a cob and she gets clipped up to the end of March, and then towards the end of July, If they are in work and struggle with the heat, then they get clipped, but you don't go below the knee or mess with the feathers (is this where your info came from ?)

Also consider that if they have pink skin, they are more susceptible to sunburn, so must have access to shelter in the field.

Cobs which more naturally carry more fat around their middle will feel the heat due to it being such a good insulator and this is why many owners clip them.

We'd not clip the TB in the summer though.
 
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