Scratching where they itch - what do you use?

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Granted, my horse isn't the cleanest one on the yard, but even if he was bathed, shampood, rinsed, repeated... regularly, he would still enjoy a good scratch along his main, withers, and loads of other places he just can't reach himself, even without a rug.

So once he realise it's grooming time (while he's loose in the stable), he would give me his 'puppy eyes' look with head held low and ask very nicely to be scratched. Once one area is sufficiently scratched, he'd move himself carefully so that another spot is where my hands are, and he would keep offering different areas of his body to be treated to this. Trouble is, my fingers start to cramp before he's had enough. None of my brushes seems to work as well as my hands.

Just wondering what everyone else use to give their horse a good scratch? Please tell me you've got the perfect brush/item for this as I want one too!
 
If I see my horse scratching with his mouth I tell him "stop and I'll do it" (like he know's what I mean lol) and they I move his mouth away and use my finger nails. He loves it and goes all gooey eyed and his lip curls and his head goes up in the air. Its really funny. I have a really good very soft plastic mitt, see link for picture and its great for grooming as well as massaging and running the body brush through to get rid of all the dust and dandruff from the coat. In fact I am amazed that people never use a curry comb for getting all the loose stuff from the body brush. It gives the horse a lovely sheen to his coat.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PINK-HILA...937?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item5662988431
 
I use my hands and a plastic curry if needed. My boy tells me quite plainly when he wants his tummy scratching as he stands there looks at me, looks at his tummy, then lifts his back leg up (like a flippin' dog having a pee!!), as if to say..'please could you oblige as I can't reach!! LOL.

I love watching his facial gestures, his neck stretching out and his top lip going like the clappers when I'm 'in the zone'!! :)

He'd have me there for ages doing it if he could, so I do have to stop and say 'OK,..you've had you're fix, that's enough now'!
 
I normally use my hands but if even then my horse is not satisfied then I use a nice grooming brush that I had ordered from a online horse webshop(http://www.hastbiten.se/ryktborste-william-leistner-pik-as-p-356-c-150.aspx) some months ago. It is really good and it not only helps for scratching but also cleans the dust and dandruff present on the horse's body. I suggest you to use a grooming brush instead of hands. It really helps!!!
 
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