Your Complete Guide to Horse Gear, Tack & Equestrian Equipment in the UK
Somewhere around the third frosty morning of the year, every horse owner has the same internal argument in the feed room: is he cold, or am I just cold, and does that even matter? Stable rugs for horses exist precisely to take the guesswork out of that question, but walk into a tack shop or … Read more
A waterproof breathable horse rug is a turnout blanket with an outer shell treated or laminated to block rain while still letting sweat vapour escape, so a horse stays dry outside and dry underneath at the same time. That second half of the definition is the bit most owners skip past, and it’s the whole … Read more
If you keep horses in Britain, you already know the drill. You turn your horse out on a clear morning, nip back inside for a cup of tea, and by the time you’ve finished your biscuit, the sky looks like a Turner painting — and not the pretty kind. That is precisely why a reliable … Read more
If you’ve ever watched your horse standing in a sodden field on a grey October morning — neck soaked through despite a perfectly decent rug on their back — you’ll already understand exactly why a high neck turnout rug horse setup matters so much in Britain. We don’t do gentle drizzle particularly well. We do … Read more
If you’ve ever stood in a soggy British field watching your carefully rugged horse soaking through from the withers upward, you’ll already understand the appeal of a horse turnout rug neck piece. The body rug is doing its job heroically, but the neck — that long, often forgotten stretch of horse — is getting absolutely … Read more
Let’s be honest about Britain’s weather for a moment. It doesn’t so much have seasons as it has moods — and like a particularly contrary horse, it can swing from crisp sunshine to horizontal sleet between breakfast and the school run. One morning you’re out in a light jacket admiring a frost-kissed field; by afternoon … Read more
Here’s a truth that most horse owners find slightly uncomfortable: the horse standing in the field at 6°C, unclipped, with a thick native coat, is almost certainly warmer than you are in your gilet. Yet we reach for the heavyweight turnout rug anyway, because standing at a gate watching a horse shiver — even when … Read more
There’s a particular breed of morning — the kind that arrives in late November somewhere between Shropshire and Northumberland — where the field is a swamp, the rain is horizontal, and your horse is standing in it looking frankly affronted by the whole situation. This is exactly where a proper heavyweight turnout rug horse owner … Read more
There’s a particular kind of British morning that every horse owner knows intimately. You step out to the yard at 6am, and it’s 9°C, drizzling, with a north-easterly doing its worst across the fields. By lunchtime, the sun’s out and it feels almost pleasant. By 3pm, a squall has rolled in off the Atlantic and … Read more
There’s a particular kind of British autumn morning — the one where the field gate is slick with dew, the wind’s coming sideways off the hill, and your horse is standing there looking faintly betrayed that summer’s over — that tells you everything you need to know about why the medium weight turnout rug exists. … Read more