Rug Sizes

[holeymoley]

My horse is now one of those awkward in between sizes. When he was a youngster he went from 5ft3 to a 5ft9 rug. Then he bulked out at bit and has spent most of his life in a 6ft rug. Now he's getting a bit older and lost a bit of weight, I find his 6ft rugs quite spacious all over. I decided to buy the same make and model of his current rug in a 5ft 9 and low and behold it looks too tight The only difference was the 5ft9 was classed as the pony version. Surely there really can't be that much difference between 3 inches or do the pony rugs come up smaller all over? They're all Horseware Ireland rugs, I really like them but just a bit amazed at the difference between one size!

 

[milliepops]

I think the pony style may be cut differently. my 5'9 HW is def horse dimensions, i can just about squish my 6' horse into it and it looks "right".

 

[milliepops]

that said, if he's lost weight it may be the style is no longer ideal rather than the size being wrong, particularly?

 

[Meowy Catkin]

IME the 'pony' horseware rugs are smaller than the 'horse' ones of the same size. Going from 6ft horse to 5'9 pony will be like going down two sizes.

 

[holeymoley]

I'll need to check out and see the difference between the pony and horse 5ft9 dimensions then. I thought 5ft9 was just automatically 'pony' size, I didn't realise they done 5ft9 in 'horse' size!

The style is fine, I don't think it's that. He got them all brand new last year or maybe the year before and he's filled out slightly more since so the style shouldn't be a problem.

 

[milliepops]

they def go smaller in the Horse range, i have a 5'6 duo which is the smallest i own and it's def a horse rug not a pony one

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Yes, I think it is a 5'6 pony Rhino and a 5'6 horse Rhino that I have. The pony one is smaller, essentially a 5'3.