Are you looking for the best horse rugs to keep your horse clean, healthy, and sheltered from the different things? Are you unsure which rug is best for your horse? You may not be sure which type of rugs your horse requires if you are a novice horse owner. Horse turnout comes in a vast range of types, designs, and patterns, which can be intimidating and perplexing.
This post discusses the most common types of pony turnout rugs for winters, as well as what every rug is best suited for.
Types of Horse Rugs
1. Stable Rugs:
Mild weather stable rugs are made of lightweight materials such as cotton and are intended to be used in a horse box indoors or at a horse show to keep your pony comfortable and tidy. These rugs are available in a variety of styles, including plain, quilted, and padded, but they are not waterproof, making them not perfect for outdoor use. When the temperature drops, though, you can pile up on stable rugs or purchase a heavyweight stable. Rugs feature a soft fleece pad along with an anti-rub chest liner and wither to keep your horse comfortable and free of pressure spots and rubs.
2. Turnout Rugs:
Your horse’s turnout rug should be sturdy and breathable regardless of the weather. Some turnout rugs are waterproof, but they don’t have to be. For example, the Kool and Breeze Coat rugs aren’t waterproof, but they are summer turnout rugs that protect from biting insects and UV rays.
It must withstand all of the regular activities that horses engage in when turned out, such as rubbing, rolling, and running, and the tugging and biting that comes with exuberant “horse play.”
3. Exercise Rugs:
The purpose of exercise sheets is to keep your horse’s hindquarter muscles and back warm while riding. It can aid with injury prevention as well as keeping your horse warm on cold, high visibility, and windy days is beneficial while hacking out on the highways.
They are available in a variety of weights to suit the weather. Other possibilities include:
- High visibility is provided by reflective fabrics when hacking out.
- Warmth is provided with a multi-layered polyester knit fabric that wicks sweat away.
- Waterproof outer shell with breathable polycotton interior and mesh panels to keep your horse cool and dry (e.g. Weatherbeeta 600D Mesh Exercise Sheet)
- In colder temperatures, wool or fleece fabric gives additional warmth and wicking.
- Your legs will stay in contact with your horse because of the contoured design.
- Your legs will stay in contact with your horse because of the contoured design.
4. Fleece Rugs:
Fleece rugs and coolers serve a variety of purposes for your horse. They’re generally utilised after and before exercise.
- in order to keep his muscles from cooling too soon
- to aid in the pre-exercise warming up of his muscles
- between and before classes at horse exhibitions to keep him clean and warm
These are some types of rugs for your horse. You can choose any kind according to your choice and preference.
