Best thing for getting dried mud off a horse?

[kerilli]

i still use Cactus Cloth mitts, but am wondering whether i'm stuck in the dark ages and there's actually a much better way of doing it now? i prefer cactus cloth to dandy brush, think it's a lot kinder and a bit softer! thanks.
btw, i'm sitting here avoiding going out in the horrible wind and rain, feel free to give me a kick up the a***, someone!

 

[Law]

On a thick coated, native I use a rubber curry on most of it.

Is that terrible? On the bits that are clipped I use a firm dandy brush.

 

[miller]

One of those rubber mitts with the pimples on - Hugo loves it too which is a bonus - breaks it all up then flicks off with a body brush.

Works really well over joints as it conforms to your hand shape and is nice and flexible.

 

[kerilli]

tried that, prefer the cactus cloth. no new wonder product out there then? oh well.
lucky you Miller, not having to do horses in the daytime today!

 

[fairhill]

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On a thick coated, native I use a rubber curry on most of it.

Is that terrible? On the bits that are clipped I use a firm dandy brush.

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Not as terrible as me - I use a plastic curry comb on my girlies thick coats, and on the clipped bits as well, to get rid of mud

They appreciate the scratch

 

[ISHmad]

Oh gould, I'm feeling really horrible now. We lightly use a shedding blade or one of the Oster curry combs...

Am I the only person who looks like they are in camouflage when I have finished grooming my mud monsters? Horses end up gleaming and I look like an Army recruit!

 

[kerilli]

crikey... i think the ticklish and rather princess-like mares i've had in the past have trained me too well, i wouldn't DARE try a plastic curry comb. my old mare would have shown me the door pronto, as it were!

 

[Jo C]

I use the plastic pan scourers you can buy in the supermarkets. They work brilliantly!

 

[Rainbowrider]

I use the plastic oven cleaners from Tesco. They are a kind of puff of scratchy plastic, like a brillo pad, but softer. Work really well, and the horses seem to like them on their face and ears etc.

 

[kerilli]

oh, nice ideas. will try those, thanks.

 

[ihatework]

Is it wrong to say that I use a liberal application of nettex 7 day no mud spray?! Essentially show sheen, mud then brushes off very easily!

 

[kerilli]

ooh, hadn't thought of that. have some showsheen knocking about... ta!

 

[fairhill]

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crikey... i think the ticklish and rather princess-like mares i've had in the past have trained me too well, i wouldn't DARE try a plastic curry comb. my old mare would have shown me the door pronto, as it were!

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I couldn't use a dandy brush on my TB either, he used to flinch as soon as he saw it

I just can't get through their coats with a dandy brush, it flicks over the surface and leaves the grease and mud behind.
Chloe also appreciates a scratching session on her body and neck with the hoof pick

 

[kick_On]

i also find if clipped a small amont of baby oil over exposed bits help mud not stick so greatly!

 

[meandmyself]

I used to use a rubber curry too.

 

[Gorgeous George]

George must be as tough as old boots, I used a shedding blade, followed with a plastic curry and then dandy brush to finish off!! (not on his face mind you)

 

[miller]

Kerilli - it was raining harder are 5:45 this morning - we got soaked through

 

[Cop-Pop]

Ditto the plastic scourer thingys - they are ace!!

 

[flyingfeet]

I use a shedding blade or a old blunt metal curry comb.

It pulls the mud off with minimum fuss, I think its nicer for them than hacking away with a plastic curry comb (plus you then get mud dust all over your hands!)

 

[Cahill]

shedding blade.also i keep a spray bottle of baby oil mixed with water for legs,elbows etc.



(scrapes mud off horse and applies it to self)

 

[SpruceRI]

American curry comb, one of those round 3 tiered metal ones - used gently on fleshy parts, not so good for boney bits.

 

[Enfys]

Decent straw bed overnight.
Rubber curry.

 

[Santa_Claus]

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American curry comb, one of those round 3 tiered metal ones - used gently on fleshy parts, not so good for boney bits.

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If those are the backless ones (therefore more flexible and can be used either side) then totally agree. People think cruel but all the horses love it, including delicate fleur. You can completly de mud a very very muddy (as long as dry) horse in no time at all as goes straight though it. Used gently on newly clipped areas it is fine still (horse quickly tells you) and cuts through far quicker than anything else.

Seriously they are the best things ever and the fact Fleur even lets me do her face with it but won't let me use a gentle dandy brush on her face I think tells you something.