Heaviest weight rugs you use/ what rugs are you using now?

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My mare is now on clip number 3 (will be number 4 tonight) as her hair is just growing back so quick. When stabled on a nigt she is in a medium weight with a fleece on an evening unless it is below 4 as it has been the last few nights when she then has a heavyweight on. During the day she has a medium t/o on (all full necks). Her full coat is growing back in less than 3 weeks so she must be getting cold (she came in frozen yesterday). The heaviest rugs I have seen are about 450g are there any that go higher? I will layer to an extent but i'm trying to find rugs heavier than my 425g so she isnt wearing 10 rugs by the time it gets to winter. P.S what rugs is everyone using now?
 
Wow, 425g is heavy! My mare had a 300g combo on when it was -15 last year.
Coat growth is determined by light and seasons.

Every horse is different though so it doesn't matter what anyone else it using, it depends on each horse :)
 
Mine is in a 100g, was in a lightweight rain sheet until last night when temps plummeted. He is not clipped yet but only cos he still has a summer coat (doesnt believe in getting wooly). Heaviest winter rug is 250 I think. Despite being Spanish he doesn't seem to feel the cold badly.
 
Both mine are in fleeces currently. When one is clipped next week he'll wearing a fleece and a stable on top and then a m/w when turned out. I can't abide over rugging. Both were naked the year before last in -15 looking like wooly mammoths!
 
Mine isn't clipped but runs quite cold so has been in a HW with neck during the day and without a neck at night..

My heaviest rug is a 300g HW but I have plenty of fleeces, liners and other rugs to use as necessary! Last winter when it was -10 he was quite happy in 500g outside and 600g in the stable. I will use a neck for the stable when it gets v cold.
 
Heaviest single rugs I have are the HW fals/rambos at (I think) 375g?! Most I have used is a MW under a HW but only with fully clipped fit horses in serious weather! Currently unclipped oldie is in a MW (though had a HW on last night) and others ranging from no rugs to MWs.
 
I live in the midlands.
My 5 year old hardy welsh x is full clipped and in a medium weight combo (200g). He doesn't have a heave weight rug but will layer liners or stable rugs underneath when it gets really cold.

My very sensitive to the cold 19year old tb fully clipped is in her heavyweight (360g) turnout combo. She doesn't have any thicker rugs but will layer when it gets really cold.

My 3 year old fuzzy connie x seems quite sensitive to the cold and needs to be fed a fair bit to keep her in good condition. She is currently in medium weight combo (200g) she doesn't have any heavier rugs. In fact she has none of her own rugs and shares with the 5 year old. Will later as it gets colder.

I keep my horses at home so I can regularly check if they are too hot/ cold which is great :)
 
It's 4 degrees here, but windchill of -2 - and having spent the morning watching a clinic at the yard, I can confirm that it's bitter!

Alf was in a 100g stable rug last night, and was cool at 8am, so I suspect he was a bit chilly in the dead of night. He was certainly grumpy and a bit stiff this morning. He will have an under-rug on tonight, and debuted his HW turnout in the field today. Nothing like watching your horse charge off across the field, and wondering why the back of the rug looks like a hot air balloon, then realising it has leg straps! He was mightily unimpressed at me pursuing him round the field trying to do them up, when he wanted to roll!
 
Currently (since yesterday) in a 180g no neck turnout. Heaviest I can imagine us getting to is a 180g with neck plus lycra vest, which seems to add loads of warmth. Chaser clipped and in at night.

If it gets to something like -10 and wet and windy with it I have a 150g (? I think!) stable rug that I'll layer with, but I'd be amazed if it gets that far. Whenever it gets really cold it never seems to be wet or windy, so in a way it's almost easier for them to keep warm in those conditions than it is at about 0 - 1 degree with driving snow!
 
rebecca1993 said:
My mare is now on clip number 3 (will be number 4 tonight) as her hair is just growing back so quick. When stabled on a nigt she is in a medium weight with a fleece on an evening unless it is below 4 as it has been the last few nights when she then has a heavyweight on. During the day she has a medium t/o on (all full necks). Her full coat is growing back in less than 3 weeks so she must be getting cold (she came in frozen yesterday). The heaviest rugs I have seen are about 450g are there any that go higher? I will layer to an extent but i'm trying to find rugs heavier than my 425g so she isnt wearing 10 rugs by the time it gets to winter. P.S what rugs is everyone using now?
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All horses coats grow really fast from mid sept to mid december before slowing right down. In fact, I very rarely need to clip after mid december. It has nothign to do with how hot or cold a horse is! Horses grow their coats according to the daylight hours, not temperature. Your horse will grow the coat she is going to grow regardless of how much you rug her. I am not surprised you have had to clip this many times. I always wait until late October for the first clip, and then expect to have to do a second 3 weeks later. Usually that is all that is needed.
 
My haffy is in a lw with fill & just warm in that, but he will be clipped tmorrow so will have something a little thicker on. Mums cob is clipped, in a mw & feels just right in it & my other boy isn't clipped & in a mw as he a wuss & to be honest this morning he was only just warm.

My heaviest rug I got is the Premier Equine 450g & I only got that as I won it in a competion so not going to complain :p

All horses are different & have different needs, if people want to put their horses in 2 hw's thats up to them they know what is best for the horse & as long as the horse isn't suffering then so be it. Mine are happy with what they got on so I am happy :)
 
Hasn't gone above 3 degrees here, plus been very wet/windy. Horse's field is very open and on a hill, not much in the way of shelter. He's in a MW turnout with cotton sheet on underneath, reluctant to start HW's at the mo.
 
First time last night I put my 300gm hw stable rug on my warm blood fully clipped minus legs and half face as it was -1 an she has a 200gm t/o with neck during the day and if it goes back to 5 degrees she has a combo fleece and standard 200gm stable rug on at night :)
 
I only have LWs and MW's, absolutely no idea what actual g weight they are.
I layer them if need be.

As for not using HW now, if your horse is cold now and a HW solves that then use it. :) Problem solved.

As Rhino said somewhere, this could be winter, and the rest not so bad.
 
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All horses are different & have different needs, if people want to put their horses in 2 hw's thats up to them they know what is best for the horse & as long as the horse isn't suffering then so be it. Mine are happy with what they got on so I am happy :)[/QUOTE]

That's the problem, in my experience there are many people out their which THINK they know what's best for their horse, but in actual fact are causing more harm than good.

It's not acceptable for people to say "there's no right or wrong with rugging". There is most definately a right and wrong with rugging, and I have come across horses which are nigh on collapsed through heat exposure and dehydration due to ridiculous rugging regimes.

I wish people would be able to see the things I have through over rugging and then they may think twice about it.:(
 
Moomin1 said:
All horses are different & have different needs, if people want to put their horses in 2 hw's thats up to them they know what is best for the horse & as long as the horse isn't suffering then so be it. Mine are happy with what they got on so I am happy :)
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That's the problem, in my experience there are many people out their which THINK they know what's best for their horse, but in actual fact are causing more harm than good.

It's not acceptable for people to say "there's no right or wrong with rugging". There is most definately a right and wrong with rugging, and I have come across horses which are nigh on collapsed through heat exposure and dehydration due to ridiculous rugging regimes.

I wish people would be able to see the things I have through over rugging and then they may think twice about it.:([/QUOTE]

Thankfully I haven't come across a horse near collapse & that would be dreadful :(. Every horse has individual needs & it just comes down to rugging/not rugging appropiately.

Not sure what happened to the quoting!
 
Wow, dont envy you op! I hate clipping with a passion and am allergic to horse hair!
So im very lucky in that i only ever need to clip my TB once a year- I did him today and come spring i will start panicing that hes not going to grow it out!
Hes currently out in a 200g so medium weight with a thin neck cover.
 
I've lost count of how many rugs i own.....I have just clipped mine so he will be in a medium weight to replace the fluff i stole.

And as for rugging to stop re-growth....your horses coat grows in accordance to daylight hours. If you clip in aug/sep then his coat hasnt grown fully and therefore rugging will not stop regrowth. If you clip Oct/Nov when the coat is almost down then rug CORRECTLY the horse will not grow back madly.

Massive pet hate of mine. If you're going to rug your horse learn why.

Layers are better than one massive rug and it concerns me that you would want to find a rug heavier than 425g. Id consider looking into why your horse isnt keeping warm.

SB
 
very cold & snowing up here in scotland so (currently growing back her clip) horse in mediumweight TO with wool rug underneath. Depends on your horse though...
 
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