re-clipping

[caroline23]

clipped my horse in october-ish as he had grown his winter coat by then and was getting very sweaty out on fast hacks, it has pretty much grown out now (had a blanket clip so stil a little furrier on his back but not by much)

we moved yards where there isnt much hacking so he isnt getting sweaty when being ridden now, so should i just leave him to grow out his clip fully? or once you decide to clip do you have to keep up with it? didnt know if it effected the growth of summer coat or something?

 

[domane]

I'm quite new to this clipping lark myself but I understand that once a horse has been clipped, it is usually done around 3-4 weeks later and continued as necessary until around late January. I could be wrong but I think after that you'd leave it to grow out without disturbing the summer coat.

 

[Dizzydancer]

You can leave it. Or take off less ie bib if he does get warm. Only real rule is don't clip too late into new year as you can ruin summer coat

 

[NOISYGIRL]

clipped my horse in october-ish as he had grown his winter coat by then and was getting very sweaty out on fast hacks, it has pretty much grown out now (had a blanket clip so stil a little furrier on his back but not by much)

we moved yards where there isnt much hacking so he isnt getting sweaty when being ridden now, so should i just leave him to grow out his clip fully? or once you decide to clip do you have to keep up with it? didnt know if it effected the growth of summer coat or something?

You can do whatever you like, although it maybe because he's clipped that he's not sweating maybe ? You can leave it grow and see how it goes, if you need to then you could clip him again, I wouldn't clip after mid Jan in my opinion obviously people who compete keep clipping

 

[MeganLindsx]

Its completely upto you but if you were to clip again i would do it within the month before the weather changes too much

 

[TheBayMonkey]

I do my first clip end of october to mid november and second one mid february. Brings out a fantastic summer coat and he doesn't shed as much hair when his summer coat does come through

 

[Rowreach]

My friend who shows cobs tells me that you should clip in the last week of December, in the days between Christmas and New Year, with fine blades, and that this will guarantee a perfect spring coat for the start of the showing season.

I clip as and when necessary up to the end of February, depending entirely on the individual horse/coat type/workload, and my horses have perfectly good coats for the show season.

So it's entirely up to you and what you think is best for your horse