Rug Rubbing Mane

[chriscrogul]

Hi all, as my horse has only just grown his mane back after most of it was rubbed off by his combo last winter, I wanted to see if any HHOers had any bright ideas to prevent this (apart from not rugging at all)! As he is sweating after 20 minutes light lunging at the moment (he's reasonably fit, works for 40mins/hour 5/6 times a week, competes at weekends) I want to clip him this weekend. If I don't take his neck off he gets really sweaty and itchy, so I clip him out and put a light/medium combo on him. As a working owner he is out some days from 5.30am to 6.30 pm and my fields don't have much in the way of shelter so shorter turnout with a normal rug isn't possible. I've tried several brands of rugs, the problem is worse with a detachable neck which always seems to twist. Any ideas? Anyone had success with lycra type necks?
Thanks for any replies!

 

[scotsmare]

I have had this problem with virtually every combo rug I've ever tried. To counter it, I bought a turnout hood from Dress Circle Horsewear (actually, I bought four!) and touch wood, since then, no more rubs! they're not made from thick, heavy material so your horse shouldn't sweat underneath them. (And TBH - the time they save scraping mud off is great!)

 

[miller]

I find all combo style rugs rub my lads mane out but those with detachable neck covers don't.

Lycra style neck covers make him sweat and then the hair comes out more easily

 

[Bugly]

My two had snuggy hoods last winter: i think they are fab but both lost the lower half of their manes. So frustrating isn't it!

 

[tiger_feet]

I've had this for a few years now when using the Mark Todd combo. He has a quite high neck carrange and with the combos he was losing 2/3rds of his mane so I changed rugs and bought the Premier Equine turnouts, combo and detatchable necks, and within weeks you could see that his mane was regrowing.

 

[Silverspring]

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To counter it, I bought a turnout hood from Dress Circle Horsewear (actually, I bought four!) and touch wood, since then, no more rubs!

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Thank you! I have never heard of these guys before but looking at their website it's exactly what I need! I have the Rambo Ultimate, super warm for the winter but it has rubbed my Arabs mane to tufts at the bottom

her hair does grow quick so I'm hoping it will be back to half decent by next summer so long as I keep it from rubbing this year! So which one to buy...

 

[Britestar]

I think it tends to be the horse not the rugs. I have a variety of horses in different 'styles' and some always loose their mane regardless of the rug make, and others never loose theirs. Thats using PE rugs, Mark Todds, Fals and Masta's over a number of years.