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Yep, because it probably sits you better. Obviously you can't randomly pad things up, too much padding down under the rider's thigh can...

If he's a sensitive soul, do you think it might help to wind things down and take it easy for bit? Just to go at his pace and have no...

My hairy Fell pony has a rug on at the moment. Usually he's too hot even in just a rainsheet, but even he isnt coping now. He started...

He’s wet today and not shivering or chilly. Plenty of hay and barley straw to chomp on plus seven acres between him and two others. If...

I think you have to take the phrase with a pinch of salt. Letting them feel the cold a bit and use some calories keeping moving and...

I would be very careful, its difficult to get them dry without under cover housing. A thick native coat can take at least 2 to 3 days to...

I am a "rainsheet is plenty" girly and I am right 99.9% of the time but the village idiot (refuses to use her shelter, only stands in...

I would invest in a good 50g rug and get a liner that you can up it with if necessary. This year and rain has been relentless - I have...

If I knew he could get under cover it would be so different. February is the only month he ever drips any weight so that’s where the...

Old Dobbin wears a 50g Weatherbeeta, he's fluffy and unclipped. I like him to feel aired under the rug, not over warm.

Horses reach an age where they don't cope so well with the cold and will appreciate a rug. And our weather is reaching a point where...

If you are feeling concerned I would absolutely rug - just make sure it is a good quality rug as what is even worse is if they get damp...

Sometimes I think the desire to push on wanes a bit when there's less to push against iyswim. No harm in chucking them out on holiday...

My horses are all on holiday...and will be till it stops raining!

Ironically I've struggled through the worst of winter and ridden in storms, torrential rain, 40mph winds and sleet and snow.... now it's...