Which clip...?

[SummerStorm]

Self explanatory, really

I've got a Connemara pony who will be in moderate work this winter. Usual week is:

2 days schooling (40mins - a fair amount in trot/canter)
2/3 days hacking (fairly fast but not crazy)
1 day competing (local level shows, poss 1 or 2 days affiliated per year)
1 day off

Last year he had a chaser clip and was fine with it although he was in a bit less work than he will be this year. However, I've had 'advice' from the yard and several other friends who have suggested everything from a full clip to not taking anything off at all!

so...


answers on a postcard please

~SF x

 

[Tia]

Chaser - keeps him warm whilst out in the field but should be good to do a fair amount of exercise. I personally dislike blanket clips and would always go for a chaser any day, even if it means taking it particularly high and clipping off all the neck.

I almost always clip Chaser unless the horse is competing numerous times a week and then I take it all off for first clip and then Chaser every clip thereafter.

 

[sevenoceans]

i would say chaser or Blanket clip... so he'll always have some warmth over his quarters with out getting too hot or cold

 

[kerrylou123]

Id say blanket clip for the same reason as sevenoceans

 

[CastleMouse]

I'd go for a chaser

 

[RachelB]

I'd say same as last time and see how it goes.

 

[Weezy]

Chaser! Start it low then you can zip it up the neck more if needs be!

 

[eekmon]

I said a blanket! If doing a bit more work than last year , you can have a low one if you don't want to take too much off!

 

[flyingfeet]

No matter what mine are up to they all get the same weird clip!

Its a hunter clip, but I leave the head and take out the saddle patch. I cannot stand numnahs full of hair, so clip the saddle patch and use poofy numnahs.

However mine are stabled at night and have snug 400g rugs & hoods.

 

[rrose]

i would say chaser, then if he still gets far too hot clip more off so it becomes a trace.

 

[Weezy]

LOL I do that too - leave face at cheek piece line, leave legs on, remove everything else!

 

[Tia]

A Chaser clip takes off more hair than a Trace clip - think of Point-to-Pointers if you want to know what it looks like.

 

[Cobnut1]

At the riding school where i worked many years ago....(makes me sound old...I'm not..honest!!) all our horses had the same clip...a Poll to Stifle...don't know the proper name for this or if indeed there is a proper name for it, but it goes in a straight line from the Poll to the Stifle, takes off all the hair on the underside of the neck, and belly, leaves the hair on where it's needed most (on the back) leave some hair on the upper part of the neck and on the legs.... if need be at a later date you can remove the rest of the hair from the neck, but ours worked well with this. I clipped the old horse that I ride with this last year and it also worked well with him.

 

[rrose]

o, i must do chasers different. sorry

 

[Tia]

Here's a site which shows some clips available:

Horse Clips

 

[guisbrogal]

Chaser

I did a high one on Ellie last year and it worked really well despite living out 24/7. However, this year I think I will leave her whole face on as I thought it was a bit cold sometimes for half a face

 

[Claireg9]

Id say whip it all off, you can keep evenly warm with rugs and ensure he does not get chilled by getting sweaty!
Much easier to keep clean too, you can leave on legs for protection and face!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

I would full clip the first time, then chaser after that.

 

[the watcher]

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I would full clip the first time, then chaser after that.

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ditto, although the second clip depends on factors related to how they cope with the first clip