Spandale
Active Member
I was working at training facility where I keep my horse and assist in training other horses. Here in Australia we are nearing the end of Winter. We get new horses in nearly every week and I've noticed not a single one of their winter coats come even close to that of my horses'. Their coats are fairly matte, they're very fluffy, even the hot blooded Arabs have short but still fluffy coats. They tend to have a bit of shine to them but not much, they're also very thick, their winter coats look and feel like a completely different type of hair to their summer coats. My horse on the other hand, his winter coat is basically a really long summer coat. It isn't fluffy at all, it all sits down flat whether he is rugged or not and it's unusually soft and shiny. I haven't bathed him all Winter because it's too cold so it's not conditioner or shampoo that's doing it. We're in the middle of the worst drought of the Century so it's not like he's getting much nutrition to make his coat look amazing. It's really weird! On his neck he also has these areas where his coat changes direction. I'm stumped, on one hand I'm ecstatic that my horse has a beautiful, shiny and soft winter coat but then on the other hand super worried there's something wrong with him. Is it too good to be true?
This is what the other horses' coats look like:
This is my horse:
This is what the other horses' coats look like:
This is my horse: