Please recommend me a turnout rug!

[FionaM12]

Following my thread about minimizing dust and grooming re my asthma, I've decided to buy Mollie a new turnout rug with a neck cover. She loves rolling, but this would avoid me having to brush the dusty dry mud off her quite as much.

Mollie came with a rug, but it's a bit too big for her (I don't think it was hers tbh), far too warm and has no neck cover. She doesn't need the rug for warmth, she's unclipped. At present she's only out for 30 mins or so a day, but I'm hoping to move her to a yard with daytime turnout.

Last year she lived out 24/7 in the Scottish Highlands with either no rug or only a lightweight one, so she's tough.

I don't think I want a "no-fill" rug as I've read they can actually make the horse cold by flattening the coat. Also, if it's got just a bit of warmth that leaves me the option of clipping her which a few of you suggested.

So I need a 5' 6" light/medium rug, with neck cover. As cheap as possible, but not so cheap that it's rubbish!

Any recommendations please?

 

[be positive]

I like the weatherbeeta rugs they are good quality at fair price, the necks are generous.

www.equestrianclearance.com/weatherbeeta/weatherbeeta_genero_standard_combo_rug/index.html

This would be very matchy matchy

 

[Abbeygale]

I really like the amigo rugs on my girls. They don't get too heavy when they're wet, and the neck covers give my two good coverage, and you don't get a gap at the base of the neck cover like some rugs.

I now have a selection of amigo rugs, including their stable rugs for both of them - that's how much I like them

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

Another weatherbeeta fan here! They do a lightweight landa rug, with combo neck. I have the med weight and its a lovely rug.

 

[ISHmad]

Have a look on the Premier Equine website, they have some rugs in 40g and 70g which might be enough for your horse.

 

[FionaM12]

Thanks everyone! Off to work now until tomorrow, but I'll check out these rugs when I get back.

 

[FionaM12]

www.equestrianclearance.com/weatherbeeta/weatherbeeta_genero_standard_combo_rug/index.html

This would be very matchy matchy

Haha! Car, headcollar and rug hey? Actually, my coat's that colour too!

 

[LiveryList]

I have used saxon rugs quite a few times before and they always seem good enough quality (and not too harsh on the pocket) and i also have a Derby house lightweight turnout wihtout a neck (but they do them with a neck also) and this has proved useful and seems to keep my skinny TB youngster warm enough

 

[whizzer]

I second weatherbeeta or PE, people at yard have Saxon but depth wise they're very short.
Look like mini skirts on the fat cobs at our yard!

 

[KVH]

Premier Equine, or Weatherbeeta!

 

[paddy555]

I went for premier equine trio buster but would not have another. It is a nice rug, fits OK, is waterproof etc but the length is a nightmare. It is extremely long. It is very wet and very muddy in our area. That means the horse comes in with a rug that has almost an extra 9inches of material around the bottom that is either soaking wet or even worse caked in mud and it is very heavy on the horse carrying it around. He is quite a well built horse. If he was a weedy TB then it would be even longer down his sides.

If it ever comes dry I am seriously considering cutting some of the bottom and restitching it. Ideally the bottom of the rug needs hosing each day to get the mud off. Unfortunately it is a nervous rescue horse so this is impossible. If the horse was quiet I would probably hose the mud off daily.

 

[Flame_]

Rambo Duo. They have 100 gram filling and come with a detachable neck, a 300 gram liner and a 3 year guarantee not to leak, and you can buy extra 100 gram, 200 gram and 400 gram liners for them. ETA They aren't cheap though.