Horse with this clip, living out 24/7?

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Please take a look at this link, fig 0.1 Neck and Belly.

http://www.peasridge.co.uk/clipper-advice/clippers-clipping-advice-horses-types-of-horse-clips.shtml

Could my 5yr old horse live out, mostly unrugged with this clip?.
I woud leave her unrugged on crisp, sunny winter days/cloudy and mild.
Would put on a 100g turnout for soaking wet days.

She is currently very well topped, so could lose a little spare tyre over winter!
She dosent like wet and cold, hence rugging here.

Will have hay in field overnight.

In light work.

Thanks. :)
 
yes all the ponies used to have that at the riding school I did my training at (many moons ago) they all live out at night and never ever wore rugs whatever the weather

we called it a bib clip
 
Thanks :)

Jools, I wouldve called it a bib too, but that dosent extend under the belly according to the link i put up!.

I guess it's worth a try. I can always up the rugs if she is showing signs of not coping.
But, Ive got a feeling she should be fine.
 
SpottyFalula said:
Yes. My cob lives out with a neck and belly clip, unrugged.

A lot of people will say no and that it is cruel, but my horse does fine :O)
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Luckily the people at my livey yard are pretty cool and wouldnt say that!.

They know that she could do with shifting some weight as we've all had well topped horses due to this crazy summer of grass growing out of their ears!.
 
Absolutely. I used to hunter clip my lightweight TB x Luso and have him out 24/7 all winter up here in NE Scotland no problem. He coped perfectly fine as I rugged and fed him well obviously. He also had permanent access to open stables which helps. I also clip the belly and neck off my shetland as she gets horribly wet and dirty underneath and it gets all matted, she's way more comfy like this. I dont rug her unless its seriously horrid (only coz she's old!).
 
Sportznight said:
Hunter clipped horses can and do live out in the winter, as long as they are provided with sufficient rugging, feed and shelter.
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MagicMelon said:
Absolutely. I used to hunter clip my lightweight TB x Luso and have him out 24/7 all winter up here in NE Scotland no problem. He coped perfectly fine as I rugged and fed him well obviously. He also had permanent access to open stables which helps.
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As was mine but that wasn't the question ;)


OP I would think that your horse would be fine with no rug in a neck belly clip, but would keep the clip as low as possible so that you're not taking too much hair off.
 
Broke_But_Happy said:
As was mine but that wasn't the question ;)


OP I would think that your horse would be fine with no rug in a neck belly clip, but would keep the clip as low as possible so that you're not taking too much hair off.
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Thanks BBH, that was the jist of my post -living out unrugged with this diddi clip unless sodden wet where a 100g TO would be provided. But thanks for replying other posters!!
 
I have seen horses with hunter clips living out. They were rugged and fed accordingly but did well. Actually more work for the owners! Nearly all working grass liveries at my yard will have a clip of some sort, age and work withstanding.
 
Defnitely be fine, i usually fully clip mine and they live out 24/7 rugged in maximum of 200g rugs. Last yr i did that exact clip on my smallest one who wasn't working and he didn't have a rug at all, in fact for the first yr ever he actually put on weight..............
 
My youngest mare used to have bib or similar style clip and go out unrugged, although she was in at night.

I think she might have gone unrugged with this too - shes a hot creature, and would get too warm in her fur.

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Now shes older and in work, I just take the lot off!
 
My ponies always lived out unrugged with a bib or chaser or low trace. Then would have either a blanket or full clip in January when their workload increased and would have a light turn out rug on then. Never had a problem with any of them and all the ponies on the yard were kept similarly. We had many freezing and frosty nights but not as snowy or cold as 2009/2010 were so would probably rug up (lightly) if we had those sort of temperatures.
 
Most native types would have no problem living out with this clip. My mare has a similar clip and is only rugged if the weather is particularly foul or really cold.

:)
 
My mare was out unrugged with an Irish clip. Also had a gelding who lived out for many years with the same clip - and he refused to have a rug on so it wasn't even an option to put a lightweight on him in very wet weather.

Both horses were fine with it and never lost weight or condition through the winter. Both were Sec D x's.
 
Years ago when I was still in UK all the school ponies got a belly and neck clip and lived out unrugged all winter with no problems.

If he's well rugged and you ride reasonably regularly even a blanket clip or low trace will be fine.
 
OP, pony will be fine with that clip, I do that with my minis in Spring, about a week before I get fed up and take the lot off. ;)

Names of clips - funny how they vary from place to place.

If I was asked to do a Belly clip I would take off neck, chest and belly

Bib to me, is, as someone said just neck and chest.

This one would be a Dealer clip:
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Mine gets the Irish clip off that list - even goes a bit further back to his bits - I do rug him but a no-fill one - I think he'd actually be fine without a rug in winter as he's very native and grows an amazing coat. Where he's kept they're only are out for about 6 hrs a day on the winter regime if that and he never drops a kg over winter even though the field they are in has no grass at all over winter and is just a bog.
 
I've got a TB who is now retired but when he was in work he lived out 24/7 and used to have a full clip over the winter. He would be well rugged with multiple layers as required when it was cold and wet. I only use rambo rugs so they are good quality and robust enough to last a winter season. He was fed plenty of haylage and hard feed each day. He was never cold - even during the last couple of snowy winters. In fact he held his weight over the winter pretty well and always seemed happy and bright and full of beans.
 
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