3 best/worst things you've ever bought...

[truffles]

For you and your horse? (the you bit has to be horsey too, if you get me?)

Mine would have to be..
best - Long flicky body brushes, a neck cover, and my tyne muck boots!
worst - not real sheepskin numnah (It 'moults' on her!) - That is it so far!

 

[Lucy_Ally]

Best - Be Nice halter, snack ball, jeffries saddle and bridle

Worst - Cheap turnout rugs

 

[dieseldog]

Best - Fly mask, stubben saddle, my lorry
Worst - badly shaped saddlecoths, and stuff I didn't really need

 

[teapot]

best - gr8 hat, musto snug blouson and ariat boots

worst: cheap gloves, toggi boots (didnt last 6 months working in a yard and they were clean/polished regularly) and a coat that wasn't waterproof

 

[Super_Kat]

Best: Be nice halter, Clippers and a Heather Moffett dressage and jumping saddle (when I buy them in the new year

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Worst: The horses........Bloodsucking monsters!

 

[Jemayni]

Best - Thermatex rug, my unbranded £150 saddle (8 years old still fab), Gold Label show white paste.

Worst - Various expensive "whitening" shampoos, musto cooler, various tail bandages...

 

[tormor]

best: fly mask, neck rugs and likits -yum!
worst: cheap rugs, fluffly headcollars (makes django twitch) and flax

 

[Malibu]

best - passier double bridle - all my rambo rugs especially the duo - Saddle mate

worst - rhinegold rug from ebay (VERY BAD) -

 

[madgirl]

best: thermatex, cheap brible, premier equine xc boots
worst: thinngs i dont need (thermatex leg bandages, way too thick)

 

[Irishcobs]

Best: Jefferies event saddle, Rugby pelham, waterford bit

Worst: coloured horses!, cheap wellies, quarter sheet

 

[vivhewe]

Best: Waterford snaffle, Wintec saddle that always fits and adjusts when it doesn't, My riding hat - wouldn't be here without it (although it's sadly going to be replaced by a Charles Owen gr8

) and I know this makes four but my John Whitaker Snug jacket, had it three years now and it's still warm, still waterproof and hasn't ended up in shreds from being worn all the time!

Worst: Just Togs zip-up jodphur boots that split in no time at all, and weren't alll that comfortable when they were in once piece. Tack that comes with horses when you first get them, I've replaced everything anyway so would've been better off asking for money off if he came without tack!

Oh and my mini racehorse, when he isn't being a good lad anyway!

 

[druid]

Best - All my horseware rugs: no rubbing, no leaking, no tearing and they never shift, jelly scrubber: no more fights about getting to the horse underneath the mud, 99p Soda crystals: hwo to turn a yellow tail sparkling white

Worst - Other brands of t/o rugs: They've ALL ripped,leaked or rubbed

, a non-brand jersey cooler: it looks like a miniskirt!, leadropes with triggers clips instead of snap clips: they always break within a few weeks!

 

[Tia]

Horses - our farm, field shelters, top quality rugs.

Me - our farm, my ugly boots which are good for -40 temperatures, my Carhart insulated trousers which are good for -60.

 

[TinselRider]

best: <font color="blue">Fal pro rug - saves valuable time in the winter
synthetic wintec close contact saddle - changeable gullet saves a fortune
INSURANCE

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worst: <font color="blue">rhinegold tendon boots - full size didnt go ANYWHERE near my usually cob sized mare
william funnel fly rug - ripped to shreds in 2 hrs!
cheap brushes- just plain nasty </font>

 

[S_N]

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my Carhart insulated trousers which are good for -60.

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I really miss my carharts! Do you have the bibs, or the all in ones that make you look like michelin man?

 

[Tia]

The bibs

. I don't care what I look like here - trappers hat, 2 down Toggi's, Salomon gloves, Carharts and my ugly boots.......I never get cold.

 

[Irishcobs]

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The bibs

. I don't care what I look like here - trappers hat, 2 down Toggi's, Salomon gloves, Carharts and my ugly boots.......I never get cold.

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Can we have a pic of all that!

 

[Tia]

If you really want to see me in full winter gear then I will have a piccy taken once the freezing weather arrives. You won't actually see me - you'll just see a giant blobby thing with no visible skin, LOL!!

 

[Pidge]

Best - Rambo Supreme, Equilibrium training boots, Ford Cargo 813 horsebox
Worst - Black Country Dressage Saddle (not in use, up for sale), Deboiz body suit, numnahs not cut for high withers

 

[helenandshadow]

Best - jeffries bridle, eskadron boots, polypad

worst - shires t/o

 

[skye123]

Best - my horse (when shes good), my musto jacket which keeps me nice and snug and a rhinegold lightweight turnout that was £20 and its been invaluable!

Worst - my horse (when shes naughty), travel boots that were such a good price i was determined that they would fit my horse but they didnt!!

 

[truffles]

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travel boots that were such a good price i was determined that they would fit my horse but they didnt!!

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*nods, raises hand in guilt too*

except it applies to manyyy other things!

 

[Bossanova]

Best- prolite pad, proper leather xc boots, my two origin saddles- so lovely to ride in and the one I just got for Moon was a bargain!!
Worst- I've bought so much crap over the years its hard to pick out individual items!! Probably.... a requisite turnout rug- the most un-waterproof thing ever, 2 brand new t/o rugs just before my horse decided he wouldnt wear them and cheap neoprene over-reach boots- used to always lose them everytime we went xc

 

[RachelB]

Best - Thermatex rug, my Puffa jacket with removable arms for £30 (keeps me mega snug) and my Wintec saddles.
Worst - my Mark Todd medium stable rug (turnouts fit her ok but this one was absolute rubbish, totally wrong cut!), a Shires turnout rug (rubbed to pieces and ripped very easily, also leaked), and... erm... that's it so far! Hopefully not my new trimmers (hope my mucky horse doesn't blunt them too quick)!

 

[Bex7]

my best things include things bought for me, just goes to show others have better purchasing skills than me and I am a buyer for a living!!!

BEST:
Winter coat, dublin empress bought by lovely friend and daughter, very warm and dry and completely wind proof, I am always toasty now
Sheepskin seatsaver bought by my little sister. It is like sitting on a cloud!
Phazer fly spray - fantastic, they drop dead in an instant

WORST:
saxon lite shower sheet, completely wrong cut and the rain just ran down his neck.
Headcollar with out the unfastening noesband - pain in the butt to tack up with that one
Woof puddle boots that are completely UN waterproof, standing in a puddle wearing them is like doing so with just socks on.

 

[Bex7]

incase misread (my shocking grammar totally at fault)

It was my friends daughter and friend that bought me the jacket.

 

[pottamus]

Best - the horse, mobile field stable, back protector, MH boots, Thorowgood cob saddle, trailer
Worst - cheap numnahs, pelham bit, in hand show lead...never used and not likely to either!

 

[jnb]

Best.. Black Country GPD Saddle, Oster Mane &amp; Tail brush, Folding Step Mounting Block, Renault Master rear facing horsebox
Worst..Stubben bridle (size so small!), crap shavings from the yard which are mostly sawdust

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BAD HAY (we have to have what THEY buy)

 

[Christmas_Kate]

best : A griffin saddle, and a Toggi perth coat (it's soo warm).

Worst : Joules dakota coat and a haynet (the work of the devil).

 

[Caritas]

Best things i have ever bought for my horse are horseware rugs, dually halter, lister liberty clippers, anti cast bars and my single trailer. The worse things that i have bought were maverick clippers, weatherbeeta turnout rugs (they leaked and slipped) cottage craft dressage numnah and the pessoa traininig aid.