Pony finally going on all year round grass livery!

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As title, pony is going from out 24/7 in the summer and in every night in the winter, to 24/7/365 turnout. Plan is for him to be allowed to grow his coat and try and avoid rugging him this winter - he's a cob so should be ok. However for the last 7 years he's been clipped either during the winter or all year round, do you think he will be ok not being rugged this winter? He'll be in Cornwall where I'm told the winters are a bit milder than the South East where we currently are, but they are wetter? Or do you think that I should clip him and just rug up as normal? He will be in work over the winter but will depend on where/how many hours I end up working as there is no school. How do those of you with unclipped, hairy natives cope over winter when they're in work?

Thanks :)
 
When my lad was living out 24/7 I did a trace clip and just put a lw rug on, good luck with the move, I'm in Cornwall it's a beautiful place to live :)
 
If he is likely to sweat at all when working I would clip and rug. Nearly all the horses at our yard live out over winter clipped and rugged and all do well. I wouldn't want to risk having to leave a wet sweaty pony on a cold day but my mare sweats at the drop of a hat.
 
I do not clip mine during the winter and she is only rugged when it is especially cold. Last winter that was not rugged at all. She has access to field shelters though.

Exercise wise she is only hacked during the winter and she has a reasonable level of fitness for that so is not coming back really hot. When it rains I just towel her down and tack her up and she comes back with a dry saddle area at least.

That said she is not a hairy cob so does not have the full on body warmth that a cob has.
 
Thanks, he is a very sweaty beast hence being clipped over the last 2 summers so I might just carry on with his normal routine, although may just trace clip him rather than full clip :)

Julie111 where in Cornwall are you? Pony is going to be in St Wenn :)
 
Our big boy lives out year round and he is fully clipped out all year round with rugs when needed. we find he gets far to warm to work when woolie which I think is very unfair. Also takes ages to dry in winter when sweaty so difficult to turn back out when it's cold out.
 
The last winter here in Yorkshire was very mild. My heavy trad cob mare had a high bib clip, wore no rug and lost no weight (:-( Your lad will be absolutely fine living out with a clip.
 
Broke_But_Happy said:
Thanks, he is a very sweaty beast hence being clipped over the last 2 summers so I might just carry on with his normal routine, although may just trace clip him rather than full clip :)

Julie111 where in Cornwall are you? Pony is going to be in St Wenn :)[/QUOTE

My lad is between Launceston and Bodmin :)
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