Spring makeover

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■ COAT CARE

With spring comes shedding. Horses and ponies who have been left unclipped during the winter months will now have hair coming out in abundance. There are two ways of dealing with this; either clip the horse to remove it all, allowing the summer coat to come through more quickly, or use a variety of shedding tools to speed up the process.

Although it was previously thought that clipping should finish at the end of January for fear of ruining the summer coat, for most horses this is not the case. I clip all year, depending on the horse, and often with a native