So Azid has had his shoes on, his feed adjusted, the saddle fitted and completed his walk and trot phase of training, I kind of think of it as pre-training, so now he can start the good stuff. Getting into the nitty gritty of actually training for improvement rather than creating a foundation.
But before we start working him hard he needs a new clip! He’s getting pretty sweaty and as a sensitive skinned itchy pony all that fluff and scurff isn’t helping. Cue endurance clipping : Spring edition!
I donned my obligatory non-hair sticking outfit and goggles, charged up my new cordless clippers. A side note on the cordless ones, they are indeed quieter, lighter and easier to manoeuvre around the horse but I think I’ll still be using the corded ones for that first winter clip, as the cordless ones definitely felt a little resistant through the really fluffy stuff compared to my corded ones, though they still made it through without tugging the skin, they were just a little bit slower, and off we go for a spring clip.
I leave the legs, head, saddle pad and girth area, the only difference from my winter clip (You can find that video here : Winter Endurance Clip) is that I take off the bum and the whole neck.
Beth Endurance 