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My personal opinion...don't clip, don't blanket, and ride. If they get soaking wet, use a cooler if you need to dry them off and back to no blanket, outside and free choice hay.  The way I look at it is that I wouldn't want to sit around in the house all bundled up then get naked to go work outside in the winter. 

 

A few weeks ago, I was over at a training barn and every horse who was put in the cross ties to be tacked up was shivering as soon as the blanket was taken off.  They continued to shiver until they were warmed up...sweating.  I've never had my shaggy ones shivering.  I just worked the you-know-what out of one of my boys on Sunday and he was completely soaked.  By the time I walked back to the barn he was cooled off and fairly dry, so outside he went with a pile of hay.  He was happy to be out and he never once shivered...it was cold too.

 

Stacy

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> In field trials we work the horses pretty hard all winter,unclipped.Yes,they sweat a great deal,but of course they need that winter coat all the rest of the time. About the only time I put the New Zealand rug(waxed jute over wool)on my horse is at a field trial when he is wet,late in the day,with no barn to put him into.I never use it at home,where he has a barn,free choice.Half the time he doesn't even go in there.
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