For the first like 6-7 years of my riding career, I did not do enough heavy work or riding that any of the horses I rode ever had to be clipped. So I had basically zero working knowledge on the subject. But the last couple of winters, I started to get more familiar on the subject and read up on it more and more, because, well, after you ride a sweaty horse and spend equally if not more time cooling them down than you did riding, you start being very interested in clipping. Two winters ago, I started realizing that the sweaty horse thing was frustrating and exhausting, so I began researching it. But I didn't have the blankets, clippers or knowledge to be comfortable trying my first clip. Then last winter, I started collecting the blankets to keep my boy as toasty and warm as he could possibly want to be. Then I finally got clippers and was ready to attempt my first clip. The kicker was it was going to be Charmer's first clip ever too, so I was pretty sure it was pro...