Horse clipping

Clipping your horse can seem overwhelming, but there are some simple ways to figure out the right clippers, blades, and clip pattern for your horse.

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Should you clip your horse for the winter? Well, it depends.

Horse clipping patterns

Clipping is one of those jobs that many horse owners despise — it’s messy, time consuming, and too often can be stressful for both horse and owner. But you don’t have to dread clipping your horse. If you know how to use the clippers correctly and keep the horse calm and relaxed throughout the experience, you can end up with a horse that looks like he’s been to the groomers, rather than just having survived a fight with a lawnmower.

Take a look at five common body clipping patterns used on horses.

Check out these hair-raising clip jobs. You may remember Greta, the 20-year-old body clipping phenom whom we profiled last winter. For her business, Greta Clip, she travels around the lower North Island of New Zealand clipping horses -- and occasionally she gets commissioned to take on a project that's off the beaten path or decides...