Re: blanketing

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

>Wondering if many riders blanket and use lights on their horses in the
>winter to keep them from hairing up so much.  I've just started in the
>sport, but I know this last winter, my horse grew a full coat, and it
>was quite a pain riding hard this way

I had one horse who grew a rediculously long shaggy "pony coat".  I
learned to wait until about 1/2 of it was there (Late Sept. here) and
then clip him.  The amount he grew back was still a little more than the
other horses had, but managable.  Before that, you couldn't even brush
all the mud clumps out of his coat to work him!

Angie

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