Need a good under rug for the stable...

[H's mum]

I'm looking for a nice under rug to go under a lightweight stable rug (I prefer to layer for warmth than use heavier rugs) - What would you recommend?

Pref to have a neck cover attached and MUST have a tail guard as H rubs her tail so this needs to be protected - Would like it to have a synthetic lining which would polish her coat -

So come on guys - you're good at pros and cons!

Kate x

 

[spaniel]

Hmmmm....I reckon the tail flap could be the stumbling block here Kate!

 

[amage]

i use a duvet, its cheap and easy. can go right up the neck or be folded back. and to keep clean just get a cheap duvet cover and wash that when its dirty its the easiest thing to use. every horse in our place wears them

 

[SSM]

The Donkey is in a snuggly slippery Kingshead rug - she looks so cosy!! Will be putting a fleece underneath tonght though!

I was going to go to Primark and buy a duvet too (think they have tacky satin covers - that would make her shine!!!!!!!!)

 

[fairhill]

Does it need to have a tail flap if it's only going to be worn under another stable rug?

 

[sillygillyhorse]

I would use say a duvet too, dirt cheap to buy and at the end of the winter rather than having wash it just chuck it away, much cheaper option. Weatherbeeta Jasper rugs are lightweight and come with a tail flap to prevent madam creating the bog brush tail. If duvet is too warm at present buy a cheap fleece throw and use it the same way as the duvet.

 

[H's mum]

yep I think that you're right - sadly the new stable rug I bought doesnt' have a tail flap - which has really caught me out!

Never even checked before I purchased! But it fits lovely and so I thought I'd find something to go under it instead!

Kate
PS - good to see you spans - not spoken to you for ages - hope the boys are ok?

 

[H's mum]

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think they have tacky satin covers - that would make her shine!!!!!!!!)


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PMSL! I can see H in satin sheets

Will consider using a duvet - if it's longer then it may cover her tail to a certain extent...

Kate x

 

[H's mum]

yep because the stable rug I bought doesn't have one!

... I know the easiest thing would be to take the stable rug back - but I can't be bothered! LOL!!!!
Kate x

 

[Alibear]

weatherbeta underrug comes with neck and tail flap. Mac has a mulburry one, you do have to watch for mane rubs with them though.

Also have that shinny lining to keep coats nice.

Ah bother no tail flap on this years version
http://www.weatherbeeta.com/UK/Range/Stable/UnderRugCombo.asp

but the belmont combo has both but it probably too thick to be an under rug.

Sorry

 

[H's mum]

oh Ali I LOVE you!!!!

I knew the shopper-holic would help me out!!! LOL!
I'm looking into it now!

Kate x

 

[H's mum]

I like this one combo
.... will only need to layer in the really cold depths of winter then !

Kate x

 

[UKa]

I bougth the Quiltmasta light with fixed neck last year as under-rug for really cold nights as I too prefer to layer up - don;t think it has a tail flap though ...

 

[Alibear]

oh that looks awfully like the one we've got

 

[frannieuk]

I have a Jumpers horseline one - it does have a big tail flap but it is an "interesting" fit - seems to be hug around the shoulders and the buckles sit very low at the chest.

 

[BBs]

I would go for a weatherbeeta under rug

most of their stable rugs and under rugs have tail flaps

Great value for money and last briliantly!

 

[MillionDollar]

That is such a good idea!!!! Im going to do that. When you put it up right up the neck how do you keep it in place?? And obviously you put an elastic surcingle on?

 

[JACQSZOO]

Am I the only one who cant get a duvet to stay on my horse? I cant work out whether I'm doing something wrong or Georgie just likes to tuck himself up at night.

 

[spaniel]

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I like this one combo
.... will only need to layer in the really cold depths of winter then !

Kate x

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Yes, thank you girls....I have just parted with cash! Gah....oh well, cant have the grey piglet getting chilly can we!! LOL

 

[aran]

i have the weatherbeater one too - very good and i have had no rubbing/slipping etc which the rambo one did do

 

[racingdemon]

i have a kingshead full neck that used to have a tail flap (before it got eaten) its about 4 years old now, but they might still do them, its the only full neck i've got with a tail flap, all the others don't have one, alternativly, you could have one added after you've bought it?

 

[samp]

I have this rug for my mare - itches tail and mane and it was great last season

 

[Marymary]

We use duvets too, at the moment as the weather not too cold here they all wear fleece rugs under their stable rugs.
Shires do a fleece with a tail flap good cheap rugs we bought a load from a stall at the cob sales for about £10 a rug!

 

[KateStartin]

Best way to get a duvet to stay put is to sandwich it between 2 other rugs, use cotton summer sheet at bottom and stable rug on top (preferably with cotton lining).

 

[S_N]

OK, well why not sew on a tail flap yourself and use duvets underneath?

 

[Bosworth]

was just about to say there are some weatherbeeta combos on ebay at the moment but looks like you are sorted

 

[HOWEN]

http://www.ridersnorth.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12_13_38

We have under rugs for sale

 

[MagicMelon]

Just use a big duvet!

 

[Ludi-doodi]

Until last week I used the weatherbeeta combo (no tail flap though) which I've used for 3 winters now and woudl recommend, BUT it did rub Lude's mane out. Whilst shopping at Throstle Nest last week-end, I bought a musto combo under rug which has silky lining up the middle of the next to prevent rub and it was only £34!! But alas no tail flap either!