Recommend a rug please

[SamanthaG]

Am on the look out for a lightweight summer sheet type turnout rug for my sons Dartmoor cross pony, its needed to keep him clean and to get him used to rugs, and offer a bit of protection from the rain without getting him hot when the sun comes out. I don’t want to spend loads as he is growing so will only be moving it on in a few months time. Does such a rug exist?

At the moment its knowing what to do with them rug wise of a morning, as at 8am its foggy and quite cold, then baking at lunch time moving back to cold at 3pm, my Tb finds it too cold first/last thing without, but is a little sweaty if he has his lightweight on at lunch time, but of course with going to work I have to make the decision am whether to rug or not to rug, then they have to cope until 5.30pm.

 

[noblesteed]

If you want to get him used to rugs and not get too hot, how about buying a cheap mesh fly rug? My grey wears one on days when I need him clean for a competition. In fact I find a day in one of them usually eliminates the need for a bath!
They aren't waterproof though so you would have to put a rain sheet on for rainy days, Amigos are good. My connie x lives out during the summer and I only rug him when I know it is going to rain as I would rather him be chilly than too hot and sweaty under a rain sheet.

 

[Derfette]

The Amigo 600D lite is definately worth a try, I've got one for my arab and it fits him great, a friend's also got one for her ISH which fits him great too, so they fit different shaped horses. A cheaper rug to try would be the Saxon lite, I work in a tack shop and we've sold loads of these.