How many of you clip for the sake of it??

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Have noticed a few people who clip their horse just for the hell of it. Their horses aren't in hard work (one was even on box rest!), so why do it? Not having a go at all, just wondering.
We dont clip any of ours until they start moulting. I cant be bothered getting covered in hair every day, so they get full clips. Other than that, they're not worked enough to warrent clipping, so we dont.

Do you? And why?

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My horse is in very light work now having had a period of box rest so is not clipped (I can not think of ANY reason for a horse on box rest to be clipped??????).

Was going to say though that he will have a full clip in late Jan/early Feb for the sake of saving hassle when he moults- but see you already have that one covered off
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I suspect some people just like to see their horses looking smart... which I guess does no harm provided the horse is well rugged and warm
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I suspect some people just like to see their horses looking smart... which I guess does no harm provided the horse is well rugged and warm

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I'm sure alot of people clip in selling preparation too.

Clipping youngsters is another worthwhile clip in my opinion.
 
Possibly, but if they're hardly being worked (if at all), who are they looking smart for?!! They'd be rugged up, so no-one would see.
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Maybe they should just have their faces clipped and leave the rest!
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This has been one of my grumbles for years!!! One person i knew of had hers done in a full clip, living out 24/7 and only being worked 3 days a week, if she could be bothered to ride him!
There is no need for it.....
Two of mine have their lower necks clipped out, and the big man has a full clip, but he is being ridden everyday now and the clip has really grown out already!!! All mine will have a full clip before moulting so that we dont have to deal with lots of multi coloured hair and thier summer coats come through a lot nicer too!
 
I only clip if they are in work. My mare has a very low trace clip not much more than neck and belly really. I am hoping to start working her harder in the next few weeks so will probably clip her more. My oldies arent clipped! Neither are the welshies. They need their coats to keep warm!
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Plus mine live out 24/7 except the clipped one who just comes in at night.
 
Mine is in heavier work than most horses i know that are clipped
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He does an hour schooling everyday and an hour on the horse walker everyday and hes not clipped, nor is he particularly furry.

Dont like clipping when theres no need for it, i think its just plain silly but many think it looks smarter i guess.

Ive competed unclipped before and many of the horses on our yard are competing most weekends unclipped, but again, they arent very furry.

I much prefer to see a tidy, fit unclipped horse than an out of shape and clipped for no reason horse. I like winter coats though
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Yes ,I smile when I see horses clipped then hacked out slowly in exercise rugs.
The coloured eventer had a low clip at the end of the season because he was sweating and still eventing but then had 2 months off, he was stabled at night and rugged in the day .He is back in work but not too hard yet ,he will be clipped out near the end of January.He looks a mess at the moment.
The bay has been competing over the winter so he has a full clip and is exercised everyday.
 
My mare is worked 5/6 days a week, mainly schooling and hacking and she has a bib clip because she lives out.

You may want to shoot me down but my last horse was clipped when he was on box rest because he created and weaved that much that he ended up looking like he had just come off the xc course. I did him a low trace to stop him steaming! Also i was struggling to wash and dry coolers all the time.
 
My boy will be clipped for the 1st time next weekend. He's been away on his hols for 2 months out naked and unshod, and he looks like a woolly bear! He's back in work now, but I keep him hairy until he's doing significant work. This week has just been 30 minutes walk hack a day, so no need. Next week he'll be going out for an hour a day, and he does get warm, so he'll have a hunter clip. But then I'll have to get the rugs out, which is s bit of a pain.

I won't clip him again - I prefer him to moult naturally as I think the summer coat comes in better - the reverse of what some of you think!!
 
big lads not clipped as hes roughed off but will give him a blanket clip end of jan when he comes back into work ( he sweats alot) and hes very hairy at the moment . if he wasnt coming into work i wouldn't bother hes grey and clipping gets rid of his lovely dapples.
 
No-one at the yard I ride at clips for the sake of it. Of 9 horses, only 3 are clipped. 2 of those are SJers, 1 is in full work. The unclipped are 4 oldies (3 of which are ridden (hacking), 1 is retired) 1 on box rest and the last one didn't grow a v.heavy winter coat and didn't require clipping.
 
mine is full clipped but not in work but she was clipped before she went lame and had time off. Once her saddle is fixed she will be getting clipped out again. She gets ridden 5/6 days a week mainly schooling with 1/2 hacks at about 2 hrs.
She's living out 24/7 but should be in by the tie she's back in work.
She got offf with a blanket cllip last year but i full clipped this year for a few reasons
1. Helps her lose weight (too good a do-er
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2.She takes too long to lose her coat
3. Blnkt clip left her with lines through the summer.
 
My horse is in fairly light work. I have clipped him because I want him to look smart. He is well rugged. Guess that makes me a vain owner?!
 
Mine is a native and I wasn't going to clip her. My previous native only ever had a bib clip. However, she started sweating up and so she had a low chaser clip but she still sweated up a lot and I had her fully clipped, head and all. She is stabled at night and rugged day and night and she is fine. Maybe she looks silly clipped and being a native but I don't care as long as she is comfortable.
 
i dont do too much (hack 2/3 times a week, school for 30mins 2 times a week) with Linx but when i do he gets V hot & if he's really sweaty i wont put him out until he is completely dry which with a full winter coat takes in excess of 3hours.

when he gets clipped he gets brought in at night & goes out during the day. i usually have him fully clipped mid Oct then have a blanket clip at xmas to take the worst off. i have enough rugs to keep him warm, dry & comfortable.

admittedly he does look very smart when he's been clipped but i couldnt have him clipped just a little bit because it just wont work as he sweats on his neck & under his saddle so it makes it worse for him & he gets uncomfortable he's sweaty.

personally i wouldnt clip him just because i dont like it when he moults that to be is just for the sake of it IMO
 
I don't clip my horse and currently bringing him back into work after a 5 month break. He will be hacked out 5 days a week and slowly built up to trotting work of up to and hour and a half ready for some pleasure and endurance rides early summer time. Yes, he will get sweaty but I just take my time in upping the pace or distance and have always done this. I make sure he has a cool down walk at the end of each ride, wipe off any very damp areas, stick his rug on and turf him out...he has always been fine with this routine so I don't see the point in clipping and making him feel colder and me needing more rugs!
 
One was clipped last year- start of winter/autumn time- due to xc and sweating but now she's not doing enough to justify another clip
Another has just been clipped again- but he has cushings so is clipped all year round- he needed clipping due to sweating up out hacking
And thirdly is the little pony- who really really needs clipping as out hacking he gets sweaty all over but he can be a pain to clip so we'll see with him...however if he is clipped it will only be something like a blanket
 
I've clipped 67 horses already this season as need a source of income!! Some people have asked me to clip theirs, bib/low traces just because it looks good. 2 that i did had low trace clips and haven't even been sat on since!! however the owner is always right and at the end of the day i needed the money! however its a total joke!!! my own horses are clipped out and are worked 6 days a week so can be justified!!
 
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Just can't see any sense in clipping so that you have to spend more money on rugs when you have no reason to clip in the first place. Madness.
 
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Have noticed a few people who clip their horse just for the hell of it. Their horses aren't in hard work (one was even on box rest!), so why do it? Not having a go at all, just wondering.
We dont clip any of ours until they start moulting. I cant be bothered getting covered in hair every day, so they get full clips. Other than that, they're not worked enough to warrent clipping, so we dont.

Do you? And why?

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Completely agree with you............you have taken the words right out of my mouth.
 
I don't ride that much (varies from week to week!) but I still clipped Chex. A lot of it came down to the fact that his thicker rugs fit much better, so made more sense to clip him and have his good rugs on. Of course it would have been an excuse to go and buy lots of new rugs! Also he would have been to hairy for even a walk round the field without sweating I'd imagine.
 
I am probabily going to be jumped on for this so not sure why I am even thinking of posting it !!!

Horse does RDA during the week which is slow and only walk except for one hour on Tuesdays !! He lives out 24/7 and is currently full clipped and rugged up warm.

The reason is when I ride him (about 4 times a wek, hacking only) he gets extremley hot, sweaty and very uncomfortable, it suits him and suits me.

I cli therefore to keep my horse happy and comfortable
 
I fully clip all my three...and leave them out without a rug. That way, when they get dirty, it is much easier to hose them off from the cold tap. And I save money on rugs too...
Shivering is the horse's natural mechanism for keeping warm...after all....
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My eventer never gets clipped as hes usually in light work (if any) over the winter. The exception was last winter when he was BSJAing every weekend and was sweating a lot so was clipped. Have not clipped him so far and will only clip him if he starts to struggle when I get home and start doing some more work with him.
 
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She got offf with a blanket cllip last year but i full clipped this year for a few reasons
1. Helps her lose weight (too good a do-er
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2.She takes too long to lose her coat
3. Blnkt clip left her with lines through the summer.

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personally, reason one is abit out of order, how would you lke to have a warm bath, then get put in the garden with frost for the night, in the hop you could loose weight

sorry but that is stupid. poor animal, assume you are not ruggng her warm enough so that she is cold and then looses the weight !!!
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I'm glad I saw this post, I can never understand why people clip for the sake of it
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There are horses that are fully clipped out that are being ridden once in a blue moon and one with a full clip, like yours on box rest
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I wasn't going to bother clipping Ralph this year as I'm not riding due to an accident, but my instructor and a friend are riding and I lunge. He was getting hot and sweaty so I did a trace on him, normally he is clipped out completely, but this year there is no need......
 
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