Clipping question - pictures needed please

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I am thinking of having Grace fully clipped out but leaving her legs on because of her severe mud rash last year. But, does anyone have an pictures of a competition horse with this kind of clip? I just want to see what a WB type would look like before I make any decisions. If she would look a bit strange I will just have to take the legs off too
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Dont have any pictures but i found my mares legs much better ( mud fever wise) when they are clipped i never close clip them i go with the hair and find when i wash them i can then dry them really well before i put her to bed.
Is a hard one though cause everyone has different thoughts with mud fever.
In terms of looks i always think horses like fine with legs left on as long as she doesnt have loads of feather.
 
She doesn't have any feather really, just a few strands (literally) that I could cut off if needs be. I have always clipped legs off because my other mare has mud fever too through the winter, but before Grace came to me (therefore had never been clipped) she had not suffered with mud rash.
 
hehe!! TBH B, if I had a normal 12 x 12 stable that was snug, I would have taken her legs off, but as we stable in big, drafy pig pens I left them on as I didn't want to have to bandage or wrap every night.
 
Lottie (WB) clipped out fully, except legs-

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My friends' dressage instructor (listed BD judge) told her to clip the lines on the hind legs low to the hock. It's supposed to really help to emphasis the hock action and makes your horse look like its really extending and working from behind. Works apparently
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I cant really remember why I left them on but by the end of the winter I wished I had taken them off.
This year they will come off as her hair comes out in lumps on her back legs if its not clipped. Im paranoid about keeping the legs clean, I have to hose all the sand off after ive ridden and I found that dirt and grease gets right in the long hair. Its the same if I leave a saddle patch, she gets little lumps from the grease in under her skin. They also take ages to dry after you've ridden.
I just think they look neater clipped out.
 
I think I'll have to see how she goes between now and November... Ideally I would like to have them taken off because I have always just have full clips, but because she got such bad mud rash I was thinking it would offer her a little more protection. Then again, i will be smothering them with mud guard anyway
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Also, she has to be sedated to be clipped... I am actually dreading clipping her if I am honest
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Ive had no experience with mud fever so cant really advise. See how she goes, you can always take them off if you change your mind.
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I dont envy you clipping her, Gin just stands there.
 
Honestly, she is just petrified!

I am going to do lots of work with her next year, but this time I am going to sedate her and just get it done as quickly as possible.
 
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Is it the noise?

Try this trick - JAK and I had a HUGE laugh over this a couple of years ago, but it does work!! Take 2 tampax and soak them in water. Allow them to dry. When clipping put one in each ear - cord out for ease of removal. In effect they are ear plugs - works a treat for every nervous horse I've ever done!!
 
It's not at all unusual to leave the legs on so she won't look out of place at competitions.

Some people think that removing the leg hair protects against mud fever; some people think that it causes mud fever. I suspect it depends on the horse and possibly the type of land you keep them on! Why don't you try leaving the legs on and see how it goes, as you can always change your mind later, whereas you can't stick her hair back on again.
 
This is my boy clipped fully, I leave legs on one year I took just the back of the legs off and he had awful mud fever so last year I left them on and he was fine and he lived out all winter.
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