That is normal. The only special attention you need to pay to it is to slather on some Swat during fly season because they love to feast in that hairless area.

 

Yay! Glad to hear it’s normal. I’ll definitely try that this summer. I thought it looked odd because my other grey doesn’t have it as pronounced ( here is a pic of him) and the mare feels a little bumpy in that line. Maybe just dirt though

 

If it's itchy, a lot of horses will rub the hair off under there.

 

@CasperE1: We're in Florida and our horse loves laying in his sand craters. The bugs of course love going right to the area that's full on pressed down into the ground. Every morning when I go into feed, I take a look underneath his belly and clean anything off it looks a little dirty or scabby. I don't do anything crazy... I usually take a 4x4 gauze with a little bit of saline and blot it. And then I do a quick spray of leave-in antifungal antibacterial stuff that we use and he's good to go. If I do it every day or every other day, that will help encourage the hair to grow back and it keeps the area fairly smooth.

 

I’ll definitely try that. We’ve had some other horses at the barn that rub their belly’s raw from the flies so this is a great tip! Thanks!

 

Our horse's belly... This is much smaller compared to what it was. I do my little routine pretty much year round because we live in Florida. Years ago, it would be pretty skanky looking.

We centerfire rig, so his cinch doesn't touch it.

 

I forgot about this thread. I'll try to take a picture of my mares belly tomorrow. I don't know if she has a scar from her colic surgery or not but I'll post it so you can see what it looks like.