It's spring, and a lot of horse owners are dealing with leftover winter coat on their ponies during and after those early workouts. Spring can vary wildly in terms of weather, wind, precipitation, and fairly dramatic and rapid temperature fluctuation. All that winter hair isn't just messy when it's stuck all over your tack, it holds in heat and traps sweat produced when your horse exerts himself, and then it takes a long time to cool him out so he doesn't get chilled. So every spring, horse owners have to consider whether or not to clip. Read more
