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Please bear with me and read through the whole of this thread because I tend to ramble a bit. I’ve just finished reading Nina Garcia’s Little Black Book of Style and in it she had 10 essential things a woman should have in her wardrobe. It’s also pretty much the same 10 things which Tim Gun also says every woman should have. They are;
Little black dress
Trench coat
Classic dress pants
Classic white shirt
Skirt
Blazer
Day dress
Cashmere sweater
Jeans
A comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit

Are you still with me?? This got me thinking. What would the definitive 10 essential items be in your tackroom? I don’t mean things like a grooming kit or hoof pick because that would be like saying bra and kickers in a wardrobe. What I would like to know is something which has stood the test of time and is a classic for any horsey person. I’ve got one item so far and that would be a Stubben goat hair body brush – Haven’t got one yet but I’m going to get one this Easter I think. So, what would you have on your list? I’ll be interested to see how many of them I already have.
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In no particular order
- a leather lunge cavesson
- a good quality leather backed body brush
- hibiscrub
- very stiff bristled dandy brush
- hole punch
- thermatex
- stubbs water buckets
- woof wear gloves
- wax hat
- lightweight long handled pitchfork
 
* My leather headcollar that adjusts to fit any of my neds with it's extra long leadrope .

* Wheelbarrow - used daily to cart stuff about.

* Mesh Hi-viz sheet - just fab and used nearly everytime I take a horse off the yard - I really hope that my new one comes soon.

* Tall mounting block

* Hay feeder - ad lib hay in the winter with no fighting over piles of hay on the ground.

* Gloves - saved my hands countless times when leading/riding spooky neddies.

* Tractor

* Harrow

* Topper

* Proper automatic water trough - no more carting water about. :)


ETA. 11. * Musto Suffilk coat. :p (Maybe the topper and harrow can go together as fittings for the tractor.)
 
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Thermatex

Malaseb

woofwear brushing boots, lots of - in black

decent lead ropes

polypads, lots of

flexible stirrup irons

ariat close contact chaps

cheap jodhpur boots

£20 M&S or Next stretchy jeans

A lifetime supply of gloves

little tins of vaseline for chapped lips (rider)
 
stood the test of time and is definitely a classic... proper witney rugs (or blankets/ex rug) not the fleece imitations
 
Good old-fashioned rope halter.
One size fits all, and I've yet to meet a horse that doesn't respect it. From feisty Welsh A to stroppy Shire, through super-sensitive TBx who was off her head half her life, they've all been completely controllable with a cow halter and a schooling whip (held in front of them).
 
My plastic wheelbarrow
Light weight plastic shavings fork
Scissors
Vet wrap
Duct tape
Mepore dressings
Dermagel
Long handled scrubbing brush (for cleaning feed buckets without getting wet sleeves)
 
Scissors
Protocon ointment
Builders gloves - thick cotton gloves, with a rubber palm.
Plastic snow shovel for mucking out.
Stallion chain, to turn a normal headcollar into something commanding a bit of respect.
Red Horse Sole Cleanse.
Cowboy Magic green stain remover.
A Tricklenet
 
Leg straps from TO rugs (never use them on the rugs, hate them) Used as ; Gate hooks, dog leads, fillet strings, to lengthen side reins (elastic ones best) lengthen lead reins, they have a hundred and one uses and i wouldnt be without them....although i always seem to loose one of a pair :( bit like socks! :D
 
Off the top of my head, I would be without my

Hole punch
Cattle comb
Mane and tail conditioner (my horse has a very thick tail)
Pulling comb
Urad waterproofing/conditioning wax (for leather)
Mountain Horse jacket - has kept me warm and dry all winter and is nice enough to wear round town as well as at the yard.
Wax hat
Super-extra-long schooling whip
Bailer twine
Big bag of herbal horse treats
 
Furminator - wouldn't be without mine now
Nail brush and hand cream (for me - it's amazing how disgusting my nails get just in one morning up at the yard - and it's useful to be able to moisturize before I leave the yard)
Nurofen (to be pre-emptive for when you fall off/get stepped on/headbutted)
A syringe (without the needle) - useful for syringing nasty medicines into horse
You can never have too many buckets
Or too much baler twine
Or too many haynets
An old tyre for stabilizing water bucket - especially if you have a fidgety horse like mine
A soft toothbrush - useful for cleaning all sorts of things . . . . bits, hard-to-reach parts of tack, stirrups/treads, buckles, etc .
One of those handy multipacks of hooks from the hardware store - so useful for tidying away things on yard, in tack room/feed room, etc.

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Pearlsasinger said:
Good old-fashioned rope halter.
One size fits all, and I've yet to meet a horse that doesn't respect it. From feisty Welsh A to stroppy Shire, through super-sensitive TBx who was off her head half her life, they've all been completely controllable with a cow halter and a schooling whip (held in front of them).
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I thought £15 for a bit of rope with 2 knots was expensive, but 5 years on it is still the best bit of kit I've ever bought
 
over reach boots would be top of my list followed by waterproof trousers. I seem to go through a lot of these items over the winter!
 
Snowdrop said:
Shedding blade ~ essential at this time of year!!!
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Plus Sudocrem, one of those rope halters that adjust to any size, tail rake, Hibiscrub, Red Horse's ArtMud and many Trug Tubs:)
 
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knife
hoof pick , grooming kit
dry coat and spare clothes
Rigger boots
kettle and brew kit
rope halter&lead ropes
flyspray , human and horse first aid kit
torch, things to mend fences, stable doors etc
usefull phone Nos vet ,farier, friends, samaritans, off licence etc
 
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