razoring appys

[orin]

For those of you who razor your horses. What do you do with your appaloosas? Do you razor or not?

 

[MindyLee]

I dont own appys here but a farm not far from me has them and they do rasor theirs.

Her farm name is Pleasent View Miniatures.

Take a look at her site to see her show horses.

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

I dont razor my appies, I think it gives them a bit too pink of a nose, just like I dont like to razor a pinto with a lot of white on its muzzle. Just a personal preference and it has never seemed to hurt any of my horses in the show ring.

 

[HGFarm]

It really depends on the horse, their color, and how much mottling they have. And, how much you want to bring out the Appy. Got a pic of the horse's head?

 

[ohmt]

I razored mine the few times I did show, but they did not have mottling on their heads. Melinda (Maple Hollow) does a fantastic job on her pintaloosa stallion. I think she has a close up head shot of him on her website too from a show that you could look at.

 

[Sandee]

We decided that between the pink and the mottling that was a nasty "look". I just use a really tight clip 40 or 50 blade.

 

[joyenes]

This is Kitty razored.



Kitty, J.R and Edward



Ace

 

[orin]

That's cool. I think he would look awful razored but wanted to check what you guys do.

 

[HGFarm]

Well you could try it at home and see what you like best. It's hair- it will quickly grow back if you dont like it razored.

 

[Windhaven]

I was also told that when you razor an appy it does make more mottling appear. So if you don't want the mottling more defined then I would not razor.

I was told this by a big breeder (Joanne Ross, Scott Creek Miniatures).

 

[Wings]

Depends on the face. Those with a lot of dark skin can carry the look but you'd never touch my guy with a razor! In fact he is just clipped in a 10.