Exercise Sheets - When you use them and your favourite ones...

[FunkyFilly28]

My horse is getting a blanket clip tomorrow and it a Thoroghbred so I was wondering if he would need a fleece exercise sheet this winter. When do you use one on your horses? For example all the time, warming up and cooling, never? I may also get a waterproof one due to typical British weather! So just wondering what your favourite exercise sheets are. Sorry for the ramble!

 

[Katie__Connie]

My ponies are always clipped out in winter.... so on vv cold days i use one especially when hacking.... only when its really really cold though...

I also have a fluoresant (sp!!) one for fading light

 

[3Beasties]

Mine are hunter clipped and at the moment I only use exercise sheets if it's raining. When it drops really cold they will have on on during most rides unless I am planning to go on a particularly long/fast ride.

If your horse is having a blanket clip then I would think he will be fine without, the hair left on will act like an exercise sheet and keep him warm, maybe just use a waterproof one if it's raining to keep him dry.

 

[monkeybum13]

I use Mark Todd fleece one when its really cold
Derby House waterproof when raining hard
And flourescent one when hacking if its not raining too hard
Both DH and MT rugs seem v.good

 

[CastleMouse]

Another thumbs up for Mark Todd

If I'm using an exercise sheet when out hacking, then I'll always use my hi-viz one

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

I tend to use it if riding in the rain so as she is not so wet to rug and turn out after wards. I only own a hi viz exercise sheet, I dont like to blend in

 

[PnO]

I also have a blanket clipped TB, I have a newmarket fleece exercise sheet. I use it when it's raining or really really cold for hacks. I'll use it for the first 5 mins or so when schooling to help him warm up but then it comes of whilst he works and i'll put it back on for 5 mins when i'm cooling down x

 

[MrsMozart]

Mark Todd hi viz. Is the best one I've found so far

. It's easily seen, keeps the warmth in, is well cut, doesn't slide around

. We have them for Little Cob, Big Cob, and the Dizzy one. I use mine even when not clipped due to the high viz

.

 

[competitiondiva]

I love my whitney!!!..... use it for road hacks, shows where waiting around, warming up and cooling down on exceptionally cold days. I fully clip.

 

[Cash]

I have a Weatherbeeta waterproof one, it has a thin fleecy type lining. Use it on fully clipped TB on cold/wet days when I'm going for a slow hack to warm up or cool down before schooling, just so he doesn't go from being rugged up nice and warm to being bald and naked all of a sudden

 

[ladyt25]

I have my bright yellow equifleece exercise sheet and love it. No flapping, keeps his fully clipped bottom warm and dry and is bright and you like! Lol. Had it a few years now and it's still as bright as when I first got it.

 

[Befney3]

I have a full clipped TB & he has two exercise sheets.

He has a lovely fleece Derby House one which I got when Derby House was still just a little village tack shop in Parbold. I use that one for warming up/cooling down on cool days & for full schooling sessions on really, really freezing cold days.

He also has a waterproof, fleece lined one (Rambo I think) which I use for hacking if its rainy or if I have to school outside in the rain.

 

[esp1]

i have the mark todd fleece one, i only use it when he's clipped and only for hacking... its pretty good cos it never seems to move at all, even when bombing it through the fields! I do also have a fluorescent netting one which i either use on its own or i put it over the mark todd one if the lights bad and its cold! i've never bothered with the waterproof ones cos i never ride if theres a chance of rain! (wimp or what!)

i so what that equafleece one, but i dont know if i can justify the £50!!! the dog has an equafleece jumper which is so good and the material really does repel water!

 

[Chestnuttymare]

I have the derby house waterproof hi viz one, it has a fleecy lining and wear it if it is really cold and or is raining. Keeps her delicate little bum cozy.

 

[Enfys]

Never used anything but witney newmarket stripe wool quarter sheets (different fit to exercise sheets) on my hunters/race horses. Best thing since sliced bread imo, terribly old fashioned, and unfashionable, but they do the job. Only used them if it was rainy, that happened a lot!

I made up disgusting day glo pink or orange polar tec fleece sheets for the clipped ponies. They were still just tiny little quarter sheets though.

 

[ISHmad]

We use the Equafleece ones. Hi viz, warm and comfortable for the horses and waterproof too.

 

[Shay]

Aeroborn Be Seen for warmth. But Equiport High Viz for hacking. The Equiport wraps right the way around - over or under your legs, and gives hi viz at the front as well as the back.

I like the Be Seen at shows becuase it looks really nice, but has thin high viz lines built into the pink stripes so the horse and rider are a bit more visible in dark collecting rings or walking the horse lines. He's also got a Be Seen rug to match.

 

[Chestnuttymare]

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Never used anything but witney newmarket stripe wool quarter sheets (different fit to exercise sheets) on my hunters/race horses. Best thing since sliced bread imo, terribly old fashioned, and unfashionable, but they do the job. Only used them if it was rainy, that happened a lot!

I made up disgusting day glo pink or orange polar tec fleece sheets for the clipped ponies. They were still just tiny little quarter sheets though.

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I love the newmarket stripe sheets. when you say quarter sheets, do you just mean over the bum and sort of fits the shape of the saddle at the side? That's what mine is.

 

[Enfys]

This is what I call a Quarter Sheet

...as opposed to what is called an Exercise Sheet. (Longer, deeper)

 

[ForeverBroke_]

I use this one when it's particularly cold and I'm just going for a "plod," on wintery mornings..

And then a Mark Todd's blue/ black waterproof one with the reflective bands on it for when I'm riding up to the school in poor light or in the rain

Love them both!

 

[Peacelily]

I love the newmarket ones...
i have also been known to use whatever blanket is in the car at the time, so have looked a bit western when it's a stripy one, or looked a bit chintzy when it's a flowery one....sounds random - but keeps me amused on those cold wintery mornings to tack up with what looks like a pair of curtains for a quarter sheet