Living out with hunter clip

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I’m getting my cob clipped next week. I was going to get her a full clip but then I thought a hunter would be better. She is a really warm horse and she gets soaking from just walking on a hack. Ideally I want her to stay out until mid nov or possibly a bit longer and then she will come in overnight . I have adequate rugs. Would It be ok for her to stay out for another 3-4 weeks with a hunter clip ?
 
Mine lived out all winter with one although I only did a head half clip as I like to leave something on the ears. He was in a 350g rug and was always warm (I live on site so easy to keep an eye on things). He is also a hot horse, I think my other lad might have needed another layer on.
 
What about a really high trace so they have the back and bum with coat on as in theory this is the bit you want warmest so with a rug that might work out well? I feel your pain, my mare has a trace but fairly low and she is still sweating up so much but mine are out 24/7 and I refuse to bring in, lol!
 
Alf has a full clip each year. He lives out 24/7, with adequate rugs, and plenty of hay/feed. Never had a problem with him being cold, even during the worst weather that Mother Nature has seen fit to throw at us. I prefer to layer rugs, rather than having one huge thick one, as the layers trap more warmth.
 
I hunter clip my sec D and he doesn't come in at night til mid Nov, never before bonfire night away. And that's just due to the mud not the weather. As long as adequately rugged and enough forage provided there shouldn't be any problems for a hardy native :)
 
I trace clip my cob, who is also a hot and sweaty one . She is turned out 24/7 with open access to her stable, she was in 100g rugs all last winter and I layered it with a 50g on the coldest days.
 
Auslander said:
Alf has a full clip each year. He lives out 24/7, with adequate rugs, and plenty of hay/feed. Never had a problem with him being cold, even during the worst weather that Mother Nature has seen fit to throw at us. I prefer to layer rugs, rather than having one huge thick one, as the layers trap more warmth.
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Same here for my irish boy, out 24/7 has a full hunter clip ) legs on and half head. he remains warm and toasty in various rug layers depending on weather.
 
I've hunter clipped my hot cob. She's in at night already but I've just been putting a rsin sheet on, and some days she's been naked and she hasn't been at all cold. It is so mild right now.
 
One of my hunters lives out , he's fully clipped out he's a fine type of horse he manages fine he's never been cold and never comes in at night .I have a range of rugs for him so I can always change one if need be if it get wet and heavy .
 
My horse lived out all winter fully clipped including face. As long as they're suitably rugged and adequately fed there is absolutely no reason they can't. I know some yards insist on people bringing in over winter but I think if you can let them live out do - they're much happier and healthier for it.
 
Mine will be clipped this weekend (pending new blades arriving), and live out until hopefully around the beginning of December. He has lived out clipped before so it can be done.
 
I often clip a couple of weeks before they start coming in overnight. It's never caused me (or rather my boys) any problems.
 
I prefer a Willie Mullins type clip nowadays, it is like a very high blanket clip and really just has a strip of hair left to cover the loins. Out hunting I always thought the poor horses standing there stark naked and then expected to launch into a gallop with no warming up period was a recipe for an injury.
If living out I also left the front of the head on, cheekpieces forward.
 
Mine has a hunter clip and is out 24/7 with only a rain sheet on. In fact, it's so mild at the moment she spent most of last week naked. I will put a m/w on her when it starts to get colder, but it needs to be significantly colder than it is now! She's a warm horse who hates to be over-rugged.
 
Mines having a chaser clip tomorrow and I probably won't even rug her. She'll certainly stay out all winter and if it's anything like last year will wear a 70g most of the time. She's a warm horse who hates been overheated; I test her temperature every day and rug accordingly.
 
Goldenstar said:
One of my hunters lives out , he's fully clipped out he's a fine type of horse he manages fine he's never been cold and never comes in at night .I have a range of rugs for him so I can always change one if need be if it get wet and heavy .
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Same here. I have a range of weights, but tend to use a 50/100g outer and an underblanket, and if it's really cold and miserable I'll double up the blankets.
 
Mine have always come in at night once clipped but that's been down to yard policy. In this day and age I see no reason why you can't leave a clipped horse out as long as he/shes adequately rugged. With the choice and quality of rugs available now there would be no chance of them being cold or sweating up if they've been worked and turned straight back out. I would not clip out legs though.
 
One of my Arabs is hunter clipped legs and half a face left on his still out at night and most of the day at the moment and will be until end of November hopefully just depends on the mud, and if it dries out they will have nights out through the winter, his currently out in a fly rug as it's 19 degrees here didn't think I would be needing those again until next year very strange weather for the end of October!
 
My horses are clipped out fully for hunting and live out all year with no problems having said that they are at home on very good grass.
 
Cowpony said:
Mine has a hunter clip and is out 24/7 with only a rain sheet on. In fact, it's so mild at the moment she spent most of last week naked. I will put a m/w on her when it starts to get colder, but it needs to be significantly colder than it is now! She's a warm horse who hates to be over-rugged.
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Ditto!
 
claret09 said:
should be fine
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No problem at all. First year I had Ebony my Friesian x tb, she got fully clipped and then I realised that a stable was not her favourite place and she ended up wintering out - I just double rugged her during the colder weather and she was fine, in all the years I owned her living out or in made no difference - I always fully clipped and rugged to compensate
 
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