Body Clipping (Tips For Shine)

[warmbloodguy]

I am about to have my horse body clipped.

He has a great coat when it is grown out, but when its clipped it becomes, as everyone knows, a little duller.

Normally I just drown my horse in conditioner, let it sit, at then rinse it off. I also take diluted conditioner water and sponge it over his body after baths. And the usual curry, stiff brush, soft brush.

I was wondering if anyone had any other tips/tricks to help get the shine back in the clipped coat quickly?

Thanks Guys

[Equino]

I'm a big believer in flax seed and that seems to help with coats over the long term (as well as starting with a routinely well groomed horse). For immediate help, I use Healthy Hair Care Moisturizer. I already have a spray bottle mix of 3 parts HHCM, 1 part Lazer Sheen, 1 part Baby Oil and rest water that I use as part of my grooming regime. After I body-clip or whenever I feel a horse is in need of some extra care, I mix a bucket up of warm water and a couple ounces of HHCM and soak the horses with it, like a hot oil treatment. Leave in.

I also discovered a new product, a bit more expensive, by Epona. It's an oatmeal rinse that leaves the coats feeling SO nice, soft and shiny.

[tBHj]

Is he on any muti vitamins? I just had my horse clipped tonight an she is still very shiney!

[Renn/aissance]

Curry, curry, curry. Rub rag, rub rag, rub rag. Hand rub, hand rub, hand rub. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

[whbar158]

My horse is way more shiny when clipped than with his winter coat, but then again he grows enough for 3 horses.....I find the clip job had some to do with it as well as having the horse very very very clean for the clip job. I am a little slow with my body clipping but almost every horse I have done has looked GREAT and shiny afterwards. Only 2 have not, and that was due to still being very very dirty even after 2 baths! And these are all horses at different barns/diets/breeds.

[Simbalism]

My trainer always had us do a baby oil rinse after clipping. We sponge on warm water with baby oil in it. Let it sit for a few minutes and then towel dry. Lots of elbow grease by rubbing with your hands and a towel after clipped brings the oil to the surface.

[nicbarker]

Another vote for flaxseed, which we call linseed over here. I feed micronised ground linseed and most of my horses get a couple of big handfuls per day. When the sun is shining (not often up here!) the horses absolutely gleam, even when fully clipped :-)

Nic