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I love that ..... a Yak Arab.  That would make for a very good mountain endurance prospect I would think !!!   :))

 

L gin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a Yak arab too. I can't get the ground mud out of his hair in 
> under 30 minutes, and it takes long to cool him out -- and then in the 
> spring, which comes early in Ga. that he sweats easily till May. So when 
> I am riding him in winter I trace clip him. Underside of neck and aline 
> across his middle , including his upper legs and lower often as I can't 
> find his legs to check them under all the hair. I do have to be more careful 
> about blanketing him--- I use a heavier blanket if he is totally body 
> clipped or trace clipped. And diffintnitly sheet during rain under 55 
> degrees.
> P. S. I have notice that the clipped horses and the
>  ones that dont' grow 
> much coat , do not roll in th mud much at all---It it the Yaks that roll in 
> the mud everytime there is a day above 50 degrees.
> They are a lot less trouble to clean and cool when clipped---- you just 
> have to have shelter and a couple differnt sheets an dblankets. I also use 
> polar sheets too under rain sheets is it isn't too cold. So is you clip , 
> they need a wardrobe----;0)
>
>
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