Putting the finishing touches on Calabey's haircut
North Carolina’s winter weather is really variable. In any given winter week here, it’s common to have temperature changes of over 50 degrees. A case in point: this week we’ve had highs in the mid-70′s and lows below 30 degrees.
These extreme temperature swings make it necessary to give the ponies funny looking haircuts, called trace clips.
A trace clip leaves fur on the ponies’ legs, face and the top of their necks and bodies, but has their bellies and the underside of their necks clipped.
Why the funny haircut? Well, it helps keep them from overheating during strenuous exercise on a warm day, but leaves them with enough fur to stay pretty toasty on chilly nights.
And the ponies don’t think it looks funny; they think it makes them look really cool!
