i just bought a new horse about a month agohe is very thinned skinned and completely shed outim going to be showing him in aqha breed showssince he is so thinned skin he likes to rub and looses his hair very easilyits still cold at night so we keep blankets on him because we dont want him growing hairwhats the best way to prevent the rubbing spots?
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I have this AMAZING guy who fixes all these kinds of problems for meI show Morgan horses and they tend to have shoulders that stick out and get rubbed 'naked' by the blankets in the front.no matter how high necked I get them they still always do itI had him take light fleece from the fabric store and sew it on the spots that rub, shoulders, withers, hips, etcIt doesn't ad too much bulk and heat because its only done in certain areas but still prevents the rubbingI was having a HORRIBLE time training a barrel horse in CA mid summer and could never figure out what his problem wasOne day after I rinsed him off and he was standing asleep in the sun drying I could see his skin from a distance! He has a baby soft beautiful copper red coat but he totally had thin hair.poor guyI started by buying him a extra fluffy natural fiber fleece saddle pad, cinch, girth cover, brest plate, bridle cover, and a day sheet to keep him from sun burningHe looked goofy as heck while we were training at home, but he was the happiest darn horse ever! Still have not ridden a nicer horseI'd take him to barrel races looking like that because they really didnt care (rules wise) although I still got made fun of until I told them why :-D, but when we decided barrels was just fun but not his passion, we started him on western equitation and huntersI did everything (warm ups and such) in my goofy get up and only went into the show ring in normal tack, still keeping my natural fleece girth and saddle pads where possibleI made sure to give him a good bath and condition in the areas normal tack touched his skin just to prevent problems after the show.
