So...tips and tricks for snowy white horses

[Dave's Mam]

Oh he's very handsome.

 

[Meredith]

Very nice

 

[Auslander]

He's a proper old fashioned ID-and according to my personal ID oracle, he's got some cracking bloodlines.

 

[SEL]

Very nice!

And clean too

 

[NinjaPony]

Beautiful! Congratulations!

I had my basically white Connemara for 9 years including lots of competing in winter. Things that worked:
Snuggy hood head plus full neck rug plus tail bag in winter
Proper purple shampoo, blue just does not cut it
Wash tail and stains once a week, if you let the stains set in the tail then you’ve got no chance
Pig oil everything as much as possible
Overnight turnout in the summer, the poo stains are so much worse than mud I swear
Buy one of those snuggy hood bodies with the tummy flap
Full clip! Fluff is the poo stain enemy
Swear never to have one again then rinse and repeat

 

[Kunoichi73]

He's lovely!

 

[Maddie Moo]

What a handsome boy!

I use to swear by Magic Brushes as a groom - I had one I kept for washing and one for dry.

Also blue shampoo and I used to spray detangler (Sainsburys Kids!) onto any feathers as I found that prevented any mud sticking and it was easier to brush out.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

So handsome

 

[Trouper]

Ooh - love an ID. Do tell on his bloodlines.

 

[Auslander]

Ooh - love an ID. Do tell on his bloodlines.

Cloonan Diamond

Pedigree and Performance: Cloonan Diamond Irish Draught Horse Stallion 2009 photos, videos, competition results, progeny, pedigree analysis.

sporthorse-data.com

 

[teapot]

Cloonan Diamond

Pedigree and Performance: Cloonan Diamond Irish Draught Horse Stallion 2009 photos, videos, competition results, progeny, pedigree analysis.

sporthorse-data.com

Can't wait to see a full pic of him! Best kind of horse

 

[Lauraback]

Love him you can’t beat on old fashioned ID hope you have lots of fun with him x

 

[Cowpony]

Mane and tail spray on hocks and knees helps too

 

[Red-1]

Wow, gorgeous.

I'm partial to an ID myself!

 

[TwyfordM]

Show shine everywhere, stops the mud from staining so much, pig oil on legs/tail/mane. Good rugs!

 

[HeresHoping]

Shares in Fairy Liquid. And buy a good rubber curry comb. For the saddle patch.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Very nice!

And clean too

For now....

 

[poiuytrewq]

I know absolutely nothing about Irish breeding lines but my grey has Diamond names in his too.

Mine has really dark hocks for which i am very grateful but have seen some great tips on this thread.

 

[Trouper]

I know of the Diamond lines but no personal experience - mine was Huntingfield Rebel (lovely temperament). Tbh I never really had much trouble keeping the monster clean - he didn't lie down much in the stable (probably needed a bigger one) and was not a great roller in the field so it was just a bit of blue shampoo when the tail needed it.

Looking forward to lots of pictures please.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Oooooh I like him!

Dex's grandsire on his damline is also Crannagh Hero

 

[jhoward]

The cowboy magic products are very good.
I always found with my show horses half the trick was don't let them get to dirty pa light spray with pig oil on hocks/ends of tails etc muds not half as bad as poo!
Come show days then spray on white hair dye was the secret to white hocks and emergency areas.

 

[Skib]

I used Johnson's Baby Shampoo on the tail of the white (grey) Connie I rode.

 

[cauda equina]

Years ago I used dolly bags on my pony's tail

 

[Auslander]

Last sight of the sparkly white one!
I dread to think whats going to greet me at dinner time!

 

[tda]

We will definitely need an 'after photo

 

[Auslander]

Definitely growing the hog out!

 

[MagicMelon]

Literally turn them out in the snow, makes them sparkling clean!

 

[Meredith]

Literally turn them out in the snow, makes them sparkling clean!

I loved a hard frost after snow, lovely clean horses. Then the temperature rises and guess what?
Lovely clean horses go to the hollow which is filled with snow and dig and roll repeatedly.
Protected from freezing underneath the snow is about 6" of mud.
The rest I leave to your imagination.

Please another photo. This one labelled ' on bringing in'.

 

[Trot_on]

Another owner of a snowy white horse and it's not as hard as you may think (or maybe I ma just lucky?!) I tend to use head and shoulders 99% of the time and if he's really grubby I'll put a little squiry of blue fairy liquid in there too. If going somewhere really special, I do have a 'grey horse' shampoo but rarely need to use it. Tails are hard, but just keep on top of it... it's easy to regularly wash the bottom bits that get dirty because they're not touching skin so you can do it with the hose if needed all year.

Warm water does really help when doing a good scrub!

 

[poiuytrewq]

EWWWWW neck cover! wheres the neck cover!!!!!